Werth v. United States

This is a suit brought in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, to recover on a war risk insurance policy issued to Hobart M. Werth. The case was tried in April, 1934, and resulted in a directed verdict for the defendant, upon which verdict the final judgment was entered. From this judgment this appeal was brought.

The original insurance contract covered the period from October 16, 1917, to August 1, 1919, when it lapsed, and the reinstated contract covered the period from December 26, 1919, to August 1, 1921, when it also lapsed. On motion of the…