Connelly v. United States

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

Pearce Harmon Connelly brought suit to recover total permanent disability benefits under the terms of a policy of United States Government converted life insurance issued on June 1, 1926. The case was tried to a jury, and at the close of the evidence for the plaintiff the court, on motion, directed a verdict for the defendant holding that the reinstatements of the policy on May 25, 1933, and January 11, 1934, had been procured by fraud; and that there was no evidence of total permanent disability. Judgment was entered on the verdict and Connelly has appealed.

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