Miller v. United States

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

On April 12, 1932, Madison L. Miller, Jr., sued on his policy of war risk insurance which was issued him July 22, 1918, but on which no premiums had been paid since his discharge from the Army on April 3, 1919'; his claim being that he became totally and permanently disabled in a railroad accident in France on October 26,1918. The evidence is scant, but shows that on the date last stated" his right arm was mangled and had to be amputated above the elbow, and that while recovering in the hospital he discovered that with his left eye he could distinguish only the outlines…