Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Smith

This suit was instituted by appellee, Archie C. Smith, against appellant, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, a voluntary unincorporated association, to recover on a benefit certificate issued by it to him. Appellee alleged that appellant, by the terms of said certificate, agreed, in event he should sustain an injury resulting in total and permanent disability, to pay to him the sum of $2,800. He further alleged that by the terms thereof the severance of an entire foot at and above the ankle joint should constitute such disability; that thereafter he sustained such injury ; that his left foot…