Halpern v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trenchard, J.

The defendant below appeals from a judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury in the District Court in favor of the plaintiff.

The action was based upon a policy of insurance issued by the defendant company on January 14th, 1922, wherein the defendant agreed to pay to the plaintiff the sum of $50 per week during total disability due to accident or sickness.

On this appeal the defendant-appellant has expressly abandoned all of its specifications of causes for reversal excepting one, and that is this:

“The trial court erred in refusing to…