Black v. Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. W. C. Cothran, Acting Associate Justice.

On February 13, 1929, the plaintiff-respondent herein was struck by a falling tree, his left leg was broken in two places below the knee, and he claims total disability under the terms of a policy of insurance which he held in the defendant-appellant insurance company. The premiums on his policy were paid in quarterly payments, and were not in arrears at the time of the accident.

The plaintiff was a farmer, and, in addition to his farming operations, he conducted a sawmill, a cane mill, and other operations…