Romesburg v. Federal Life Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This was an action to recover benefits claimed to be due under a policy of health insurance, and from a judgment for plaintiff the defendant appeals.

For convenience we shall refer to the appellant as the company, and to the appellee as the insured. In December, 1921, the company issued to the insured what was called a special commercial disability policy, provisions of which are quoted below. In September, 1922, the insured suffered an illness, and upon presentation of his claim the company commenced to pay him weekly payments of fifteen…