Legal Opinion
Westling v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 3, 1933No. 6896PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Circuit Judge.
Appeal from judgment for defendant in an action on war risk insurance certificate, rendered, on defendant’s motion, because of plaintiff’s alleged failure to prove a “disagreement” with the Veterans’ Bureau, the *465statutory prerequisite to the court’s jurisdiction.1
Although earlier sta tutes2 made “disagreement” a condition precedent to suit, that term was not defined therein; a statutory definition is first found in the Act of July 3-, 1930, chapter 849, section 4, paragraph 7.3
The present action was begun in June, 1933. Appellant had been notified on May 23, 1929, that his…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. HillCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
- United States v. PetersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
- Mara v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1931
- United States v. LykeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1927
- United States v. BurleysonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1930
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3Cited by8 opinions
- United States v. EarwoodCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
- McLaughlin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
- Baille v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- Eidam v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- United States v. ArdittoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1936
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