Smith v. United States

ANDREW M. J. COCHRAN, District Judge.

This action is before me for judgment. It is a war risk insurance ease; a jury has been waived, and I have heard the evidence. The plaintiff was the mother of the veteran, who died March 14, 1933, and was the beneficiary in the policy. He enlisted May 29, 1918, and was' discharged August 5, 1919. He ceased to pay premiums after that day, and, unless it had then matured, it lapsed shortly thereafter. The claim of the plaintiff is that it had then matured, in that the veteran was then totally and permanently disabled. This she claims was due to the fact that…