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United States v. Bryan

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 19, 1936No. 7936PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

The suit was on a war risk policy. The verdict and judgment were for plaintiffs. This appeal assigns three errors: (1) The overruling of defendant’s motion to dismiss for want of the requisite jurisdictional disagreement; (2) the overruling of its motion for a directed verdict for want of *785proof of total and permanent disability; (3) the admission in evidence over defendant’s objection of certain opinion evidence.

We do not think plaintiffs’ case failed for want of jurisdiction. As proof of disagreement plaintiffs offered a letter of the Director, dated April 4, 1933:

“Mr…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Lynch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Eggen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
  3. Falbo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1933
  4. United States v. WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
  5. Fouts v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. United States v. HammondCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
  2. Dye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1941
  3. United States v. CrewCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936
  4. United States v. DupreCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
  5. United States v. McCluskeyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942

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