Legal Opinion
United States v. Hayman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 12, 1932No. 6443PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Appellee, more than ten years after her son had last been heard from, brought this suit to recover on his war risk insurance policy. This appeal is prosecuted from a verdict finding that he died on October 12, 1918, the last day on which he was seen by any persefn.
There is no dispute in the testimony; the evidence eaine in without contradiction. The point pressed below and here by the United States is that the facts established by the evidence are not sufficient to support the verdict. These facts were that the soldier was, at the time of his disappearance, afflicted…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Davie v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Tisdale v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
- American Nat. Ins. Co. v. HicksTexas Commission of Appeals · 1931
- Sovereign Camp W. O. W. v. BodenTexas Supreme Court · 1927
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- Travelers Ins. Co. v. BancroftCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1933
- Arnall v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1943
- Marguerite T. Tobin and Kathryn M. Tobin, an Incompetent, by Marguerite T. Tobin, Her Next Friend v. United States Railroad Retirement BoardCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1961
- Hortentia R. Acosta v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
- Mutual Life Ins. v. HamiltonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
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