Fouts v. United States

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

Allie Rae Fouts, as executrix of John Franklin Bell, sued upon a policy of war risk insurance, alleging that the United States, acting through the Veterans’ Bureau, had rejected her claim, and that a disagreement thus arose. A special plea was filed that no appeal had been taken to the Director of the Veterans’ Bureau and no denial of the claim had been made by him or any one acting in his name. On a trial of the plea a verdict was directed sustaining it, and the suit was dismissed. This appeal followed.

The evidence in the bill of exceptions consists mostly of extracts…