Thorne v. United States

POLLOCK, District Judge.

This is an action upon a $10,000 war risk insurance policy brought against the United States by the executor of the last will and testament of Clarence Henry Thome, deceased, and Mary E. Thome, beneficiary, under both the policy of insurance and the will.

By stipulation, the evidence on the trial was confined to the question of the total and permanent disability of the deceased at the time of his discharge from the army. At the close of the evidence, upon motion of the appellee, the court directed a verdict for the government. The appellants saved an exception.

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