Daniels v. United States

This is an action brought in October, 1935, in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Elizabeth City, on a war risk insurance policy.

The plaintiff, Lewis Daniels, was inducted into the military service of the United States on August 4, 1918, at which time he was twenty-four years old. On August 27, 1918, the insurance policy was issued, and on September 11, 1918, he was admitted to the hospital at Camp Stuart, Norfolk, Va., where he remained as a patient until he was discharged from the Army on October 8, 1918.

Plaintiff was discharged on a…