Gilmore v. United States

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment entered on the verdict of a jury in an action on a policy of war risk insurance. The questions presented relate to the admissibility of certain documents offered in evidence which were partly excluded by the court; "to the correctness of the court’s charge with reference to the burden of proof; and to the sufficiency of the, evidence to sustain a verdict for appellant.

The action was begun in the District Court in January, 1932. It appears from the evidence that the insured was finally discharged from active duty in the United States Naval…