Legal Opinion
Morgan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 4, 1940No. 9512PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought by the widow of a deceased World War veteran to recover automatic insurance benefits under the provisions of the War Risk Insurance Act of October 6, 1917, 40 Stat. 398. ’ A motion to dismiss was sustained on the ground that the action was barred by limitation. The correctness of the dismissal on this ground is the only question for our decision, and it must be resolved by determining when the statute of limitation began to run.
The soldier died on May 18, 1918. Appellant filed her claim for automatic insurance in January, 1933, which was allowed on…
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