Weller v. Grange Mutual Casualty Ins.

Opinion bt

Baldrige J.,

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in an action of assumpsit under an employer’s liability policy “indemnifying employers engaged in agricultural pursuits for claims brought against them by their employees.”

Plummer Black, an employee of the appellees, was injured on March 15', 1928, while engaged in the operation of a sawmill. After the injury, the insurance company paid Black $235 on account of the injury and paid the doctor $25, but refused to pay any further amount, contending that the payments were made by mistake as the policy did not cover the injury. The…