Jackson v. United States

McDERMOTT, District Judge.

This is an action at law upon a war risk insurance policy for $10,000, plaintiff claiming to have been permanently and totally disabled while the insurance was in force. The answer denies the disability and pleads the statute of limitations; it admits that on November 17,1924, the Bureau of War Bisk Insurance rejected his claim and that a disagreement thereupon arose. A stipulation waiving a trial by jury was filed and the case tried to the court.

After the usual physical examination, the soldier was accepted for service and enlisted in the army on August 1, 1918. He…