Schilling v. United States

LEVIN, District Judge.

In a letter postmarked December 23, 1949, plaintiff, a veteran of the two World Wars, wrote to a branch office of the Veterans Administration requesting the issuance of a life insurance policy in the amount of $7,000 and stating his readiness to pay any premium required and to undergo medical examination at any time. He asked particularly that his letter be considered as an application for insurance effective before January 1,-1950.

January 1, 1950, was a critical date because of a statutory provision of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940,. as amended, 38…