Poole v. United States

This is an appeal in a war risk insurance case. Jury trial was waived, and the ease was heard by the District Judge without a jury. The judge found that the plaintiff, at the time that his policy lapsed for nonpayment of premiums in 1919, had a mental impairment diagnosed at various times as dementia prEecox; that plaintiff was in such a mental state from the date of his discharge until October, 1924, that he was mentally incapable of following continuously any substantially gainful occupation; that from October, 1924, through the year 1929 he worked regularly at his occupation of drill press…