Tyson v. United States

Petitioner, Tyson, sued to recover total permanent dis-. ability benefits under a war risk term insurance contract, kept in force by premium payments while the insured remained in service. The petition, filed November 17, 1932, alleged that disability had existed ever since the claimant’s discharge from the Army, December 18, 1918.

The trial court dismissed the cause for want of jurisdiction, being of opinion that it was not instituted within the prescribed time. The Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment.

July 3, 1931, Tyson filed his claim with the Veterans’ Administration. November…