Van Pelt v. United States

McALLISTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Willard F. Van Pelt brought suit to recover monthly disability payments ■on a government convertible life insurance policy, and after an adverse verdict and judgment entered thereupon, appealed, ■claiming error on the part of the trial court in refusing to submit proposed interrogatories to the jury, and for erroneous instructions. Because of our determination of the case, it is unnecessary to consider a cross-appeal filed by appellee.

When appellant entered the armed forces in May, 1918, he procured a yearly renewable term insurance policy in the principal…