Legal Opinion
Levine v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 9, 1953PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIMOCK, District Judge.
The respondents except to the libel which seeks to recover benefits of Government war risk insurance .on the life of a civilian employee of the War Department’s Army Transport Service. Libelant’s decedent died on June 24, 1945, and the libel was filed in this court on June 15, 1951. The exception is taken on the ground that the suit was not commenced “within two years after the cause of action arises” as required by 46 U.S.C. § 745.
Libelant apparently contends that the suit is based on a contract of insurance and that therefore a six-year period of limitation should…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Osbourne v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet Corporation v. Rosenberg Brothers & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Sgambati v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Alcoa Steamship Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1950
- Sgambati v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1947
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3Cited by5 opinions
- American-Foreign Steamship Corp. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
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- Levine v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- Levine v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- Nusbaum v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1956