Legal Opinion
United States v. Towery
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 27, 1939No. 360PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Roberts
This case turns upon the proper construction' of the limitation provision of § 19 of the World War Veterans Act of 1924, as amended. 1
The respondent brought an action in the District Court for Northern Illinois in his own right and as administrator of Robert C. Towery, deceased, upon claims on two war risk insurance term policies issued to the decedent while in the military service of the United States. The claim of respondent as administrator was for total permanent disability benefits alleged to have accrued to the insured in his lifetime, and the claim as beneficiary designated in the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lynch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- White v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- United States v. WorleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- McCullough v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- United States v. TarrerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Miller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
- Mauldin v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1945
- Simmons v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1940
- Bono v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- Juanito Timoni v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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