Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United States v. Murdock

SUTTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the 14th District Court of Dallas County. The trial was to a jury on the facts. The verdict was favorable to Murdock, the plaintiff below, and from the judgment entered by the Court the defendant prosecutes this appeal.

The plaintiff sued for and recovered $3,000.00 as the maximum benefits under a certificate issued to him under a grouped life and disability policy issued to the Morton Salt Company, his employer, for permanent disabilities claimed to have been incurred while employed by the Morton Salt Company.

This was a second trial of the…