Equitable Life Assurance Society of US v. Nelson

RENFRO, Justice.

In his petition plaintiff alleged that he was the holder of Certificate 463 under the defendant’s (The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States’) Group Policy No. 7250H, which was a group hospitalization and medical benefits policy issued to the Trinity Universal Insurance Company for the benefit of its employees; on September 21, 1962, plaintiff ceased to be an employee of Trinity and was totally disabled on said date from engaging in any occupation for compensation or profit; on September 26 he began hemorrhaging and on September 30 was operated for an ulcerous…