Hughes v. United States

BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant in a suit to recover on a. policy of war risk insurance. Insured enlisted on July 25, 1918, and was discharged on April 19, 1919. Payments of premium and the grace period continued the policy in force until June 1, 1919. Total and permanent disability prior to that date was alleged and denied. The case was tried to a jury, and at the conclusion of the evidence the court directed a verdict for the defendant. The single question argued is whether that action constituted reversible error.

Insured was a farmer and had a…