Dunning v. Massachusetts Mutual Accident Ass'n
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Judgment for defendant. Action of debt on a policy of insurance issued by defendant company against accident and disease. The case was reported from the Supreme Judicial Court, for Sagadahoc County. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
This is an action of debt on a policy of insurance against accident and disease, in which the plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $108, being an indemnity of $12 per week for nine weeks, on account of a disability resulting from iritis. The case comes to this court on report. The policy bears date October 8, 1902.
It is not in controversy that the plaintiff suffered from iritis, or inflammation of the membrane of the eye called the iris, but it is contended in behalf of the company that his illness was not such as to be comprised in the terms of the policy giving an indemnity for loss…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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