Ezell v. Metropolitan Insurance Company

Appellant sued appellee on a group insurance policy. For benefits due for total disability, in order to recover, the policy involved required insured to show that he:

* * * has become totally and permanently disabled as a result of bodily injury or disease so as to be prevented thereby from engaging in any occupation or performing any work for compensation or profit, * * *

Appellant had worked for the International Paper Company in Adams County, Mississippi, from 1953 until the summer of 1966 when he was compelled to leave the employment because of his health. He attempted to return to work in…