United States v. Wallace

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs (appellees here) recovered judgment on a contract of insurance issued to the deceased, John Byrl Wallace, while in the military service of the United States, based upon proof of total and permanent disability while the contract was in full force and effect. The United States has appealed.

*485This appeal presents the sole question of whether or not the suit was barred by Section 19 of the World War Veterans’ Act of 1924, as amended July 3, 1930, 46 Stat. 992 ; 38 U.S.C.A. § 445, and involves the precise question of whether or not a certain letter written on…