Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen v. Hassell

LOONEY, Justice.

M. O. Hassell sued the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen on a benefit certificate, to recover accrued benefits of $50 per month for total permanent disability or incapacity to perform all manual labor, resulting from an injury sustained in the course of employment, necessitating the amputation of his left arm near the shoulder joint.

The case was tried to a jury and resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff for $1,966.65, being the amount of accrued monthly benefits to the time of the trial, which, on appeal to this court by defendant, was reversed.…