Jacobs v. National Accident & Health Insurance

The plaintiff held an accident policy in the defendant company, during the life of which he met with an accident which disabled him for several weeks. His claim for indemnity having been rejected by the company, he brought this suit therefor. At the close of the evidence below, a verdict was ordered for the defendant, and the plaintiff excepted.

One ground of the defendant’s motion for a verdict was that there was no evidence that a notice of injury was given the company as required by the policy. This ground was much relied upon by the court below, and inasmuch as it presents what seems to us…