Woolfolk

This was an action on a policy of war risk insurance. The original complaint alleged:

In support of this allegation, the plaintiff,, as a witness in his own behalf, testified that he enlisted in the United States Army March 26,1917, was made a corporal in July of that year, and a sergeant in January, 1918; that on August 21, 1917, he was injured in a motorcycle accident and taken to the hospital, where adhesive tape was put across his shoulders and a dressing on the back of his head; that he did not remain at the hospital, but returned to duty at the flying field whore ho was stationed; that later he had influenza, or a touch of ptomaine poisoning, and was taken to the hospital for a few days and treated for ulcers of the stomach; that thereafter he returned to the flying field, where he remained until March, 1918; that while at the flying field he slept in a hangar and was on one occasion exposed to monoxide gas in his sleep and was taken to the hospital; that when his squadron was sent overseas he was loft behind because a murmur was found in his lungs and he was declared unfit for overseas duty; that in March, 1918, he was transferred to the casualty detachment, where he…