Starr v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

Under the terms of an insurance policy which defendant had issued to plaintiff, this action was brought to recover disability benefits of twenty-seven dollars and eighty-six cents a month for the period from March 5, 1936, to November 5, 1936, and the refund of premiums paid during that period. Plaintiff’s policy provides for disability benefits effective on due proof that the insured “ became totally and permanently disabled by bodily injury or disease,” in which event the insurer agrees to waive payment of all premiums during the continuance of such disability and to pay insured agreed…