United States v. Jensen

MACK, Circuit Judge.

Appeal from judgment rendered on verdict for plaintiff in an action on a war risk insurance certificate. The sole question presented is whether or not the District Court erred in denying defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, based upon the lack of any substantial evidence of total and permanent disability at the time the insurance otherwise lapsed.

Plaintiff, who enlisted December, 1917, was discharged June, 1919; payment of premiums kept the insurance in effect until August, 1919.

From plaintiff’s evidence, as presented by his own testimony and corroborated in most…