La Marche v. United States

RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

This is a writ of error to review a judgment for the defendant on a verdict directed by the court. The plaintiff in error entered the military service of the United States March 20, 1918, and was honorably discharged at Washington, D. C., July 16,1919. While in the military service he applied for and received the customary war risk insurance policy in the sum of $10,000, which was permitted to lapse *829on July 31,1919, for nonpayment of premiums. There was testimony tending to show that at the time of his discharge the plaintiff in error was examined by army doctors and was…