United States v. Clement

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

In this war risk insurance case the jury found, on October 6, 1932, that the appellee was permanently and totally disabled on January 23,1919. His insurance of $5,000 lapsed on March 3,1919. The main question on the government’s appeal is whether the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict should have been granted.

The plaintiff enlisted on April 11, 1917; arrived in France in October, 1917; reached the front lines in February, 1918; and on June 17, 1918, was hurt in the shoulder by a piece of shell while he was carrying supplies to the kitchen. He then received…