Huff v. United States

FORD, District Judge.

Each of these suits was filed in April, 1933, to recover upon policies of war risk insurance issued during the World War, pursuant to the War Risk Insurance Act of 1917, 40 Stat. 398, as amended.

Jurisdiction of the District Courts of the United States of actions of this character is derived from section 19 of the World War Veterans’ Act of 1924, as amended, 38 U.S.C.A. § 445, by the terms of winch the existence of a “disagreement” arising from the presentation of the claim sued upon and its denial by the bureau is a jurisdictional prerequisite. United States v. Knott, 6…