Stateman v. Travelers Casualty Insurance

Mr. Presiding Justice O’Connor

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff brought an action on a policy of insurance issued to him by defendant to recover $80 — $20 a week for four weeks — claiming he had been permanently disabled by an accidental injury suffered while the policy was in effect. The case was tried before the court without a jury, there was a finding and judgment in plaintiff’s favor for the amount of his claim, and defendant appeals.

The record discloses that October 9, 1936, while the policy was in force and effect, plaintiff suffered an accident in which his right leg was…