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85 F.2d 615

Docket No. 6988.

United States v. Pointer

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided April 13, 1936.

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1936-04-13

2 counsel of record

Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1936-04-13

¶1Horace Frierson, Jr., U. S. Atty., of Nashville, Tenn.

¶2*616Worth Bryant and Keith Bohannon, both of Cookeville, Tenn., for appellee.

¶3Before MOORMAN, HICKS, and SI-MONS, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5It appearing upon consideration of the record, briefs, and argument of counsel in the above cause that there was substantial evidence upgn which to submit to the jury the issue as to the total and permanent disability of the appellee during the life of his war risk insurance policy, and it further appearing that, while there was error in placing upon the appellant the burden of establishing that the petitioner was disabled when the policy was issued, such error was not prejudicial in view of the absence of substantial evidence to support the fact of such disability, it is ordered that the judgment below be, and it is hereby, affirmed.

¶6Judgment of District Court affirmed.

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