Legal Opinion
ætna Life Ins. Co. v. Kepler
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 2, 1941No. 11762PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The Aetna Life Insurance Company on September 20, 1921, issued to James Paul Kepler, then a resident of Omaha, Nebraska, a yearly renewable, noncancellable disability policy, which called for an annual premium of $60 and provided for benefits of $300 a month in case of total and permanent disability. The insured brought this action in 1939 to recover such benefits, upon the claim that he became totally and permanently disabled in April, 1937, and that, by the terms of its policy, the insurer was obligated to pay him $300 a month from July 1, 1937, but had refused to do…
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