Morris v. United States

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant brought this suit as beneficiary and as administratrix to recover on a policy of war risk insurance issued to her husband while a soldier in the army of the United States. A plea of limitation was sustained and the suit dismissed.

It appears from the record that the insured, on August 23, 1921, wrote the following letter, which was received by the Veterans’ Bureau on August 25, 1921.

“Moorhead, Miss., Aug. 23, —21. “Mr. Leon Fraser,

“Asst. Dir. in Chge. of Compensation & Ins.,

“Claim Div., Washington, D. C.

“Hon. Sir: I has- been totally disable

for almost two years…