Mackenzie v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

This action is brought to recover the sum of $875 which the plaintiff maintains he is entitled to pursuant to the terms of an insurance policy issued by the defendant to the plaintiff. The specific clause of said policy which the court is called upon to construe is one referring to total and permanent disability.

The facts involved are as follows: The plaintiff was accidentally injured on the 28th day of December, 1929, and as the result *289thereof he sustained an infection in his left foot which necessitated the amputation of the great and fourth toes of the said foot. By reason thereof the…