Johnson v. Inter-Ocean Casualty Co.

Maxwell, Judge :

The plaintiff prosecutes error to a judgment for the defendant on a directed verdict.

Plaintiff was an employee of Majestic Collieries Company. It is admitted by the defendant that as such employee the plaintiff was protected by a group policy of insurance issued by the defendant at the instance of the coal company. The suit is on the policy.

Plaintiff’s injury occurred December 1, 1930. From the time his employment began in the summer of 1929 to the date of his injury his employer made regular deductions from his pay to cover his proportionate share of the premium for the group…