Meadows v. United States

Petitioner brought this action against the respondent in a federal district court to require the reinstatement of a lapsed insurance policy issued under the War Risk Insurance Act of October 6, 1917, c. 105, § 400, 40 Stat. 398, 409; amended August 9, 1921, c. 57, § 27, 42 Stat. 147, 156, 157. It was alleged that, being enlisted in the United States army during the World War, he applied for and obtained, under the act, a policy of insurance hi the sum of $10,000 against death and permanent and total disability. Thereafter, on February 1, 1920, $3,000 of this amohnt was converted into a…