United States v. Taylor

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

This is a civil action on a contract of War Risk Insurance. The court below denied the motion for a directed verdict in favor of the United States, and there was a jury verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff. For the determination of this Court, there is presented a single question: whether there was substantial evidence that on August 1, 1936, the plaintiff was totally and permanently disabled. We think there was, and that the verdict and judgment in the court below should not be disturbed.

Plaintiff, who had served in the military forces of the United States, had…