Legal Opinion
Pelkey v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 30, 1934No. 6164PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
Appeal from a judgment in the Supremo Court of the District dismissing appellant’s action to recover on a war-risk insurance policy because at the time of the institution of the action (January 16,1928) a disagreement did not exist between the United States Veterans’ Bureau and appellant. In other words, the court found as a matter of law that it was without jurisdiction.
In his declaration appellant alleged that on October 5,1918, while serving in the Army of the United States he applied for and was granted a war-risk term insurance policy in the sum of $10,000; that…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gilbert v. DavidSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Finn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Illinois Central Railroad v. State Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Reid v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Price v. United States & Osage IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
3Cited by22 opinions
- Wall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1947
- Flanagan v. HelveringCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- Elizabeth N. B. Ferro v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
- McGuire v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1936
- Hugh H. Earle, Former Collector of Internal Revenue v. Angela MacEvoy WoodlawCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
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