Layton v. United States

This suit was begun in December, 1930, by the mother of a World War veteran to recover upon his contract of war risk insurance in which she was the named beneficiary. It was alleged in the petition that the veteran became totally and permanently disabled during the life of the insurance *500contract, that disagreement had been arrived at, and that the payments called for by the contract were due and unpaid. In 1934 “the case came before the District Court on motion of the government to dismiss on the ground that the plaintiff had not brought the suit within the time allowed by law.” The court…