Jaffe v. United States

DIMOCK, District Judge.

This action is brought to recover $10,000 on a National Service Life Insurance Policy allegedly in force on the life of Hyman Jaffe by operation of law under the provisions of section 602(c) (3) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, 38 U.S.C. § 802(c).

The question presented is whether Hyman Jaffe had “incurred a total and permanent disability in line of duty while serving in the Army of the United States within the meaning of section 602(c) (3) ‘National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940’ ”, quoted in the margin: 1

In substance that section provides that…