Christensen v. Sterling Insurance

Was the United States a “country at war” on May 11, 1952 (during the Korean conflict), within the meaning of the terms of a life insurance policy?

The answer is to be found within the scope and meaning of the word “war.” Is it to be construed in its legal or technical sense, or is it to be given its ordinary meaning as used in common speech?

Such construction becomes important in four distinct situations which concern an insured in military service:

First: Where death occurs prior to the formal declaration of war, as, for example, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7,1941; the official…