Continental Illinois Nat. Bank & Trust Co. v. United States

MINTON, Circuit Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is whether the automatic insurance granted men in service by Sec, 401 of War Risk Insurance Act of 1917, 41 Stat. 375, is granted by Sec. 307, World War Veterans’ Act, 46 Stat. 1001, 1002, 38 U.S.C.A. § 518, the same immunity from contest as is accorded the insurance issued to the service man pursuant to his own application. ■

' In the case at bar, the soldier did not apply for insurance, and his representative now depends upon what it terms automatic insurance under Sec. 401. Sec. 401 reads as follows: “ * * * Any person in the…