Hatch v. United States

COOPER, District Judge.

This is an action in equity, brought by plaintiffs pursuant to section 2, Act of Congress of March 4, 1925, c. 553 (43 Stat. 1302; 38 USCA § 445), by which plaintiffs seek to have the government resume payments of the awards made under the war risk insurance certificate issued on the life of Lyle Payson Hatch, a deceased soldier. A jury trial was waived. Most of the facts are stipulated between the parties. The stipulated facts are as follows :.(1) That on or about the 18th day of May, 1918, Lyle Payson Hatch, at the age of *21631 years, enlisted in the army of the United…