Streat v. Unity Industrial Life Ins. Co.

We granted a rehearing in this case limited to a consideration of the exception of no right or cause of action.

The suit is on an industrial life insurance .policy to recover disability or sick benefits at the rate of $5 a week for a period of twenty-four weeks, and double indemnity and a reasonable attorney’s fee, it being alleged that the company “arbitrarily, illegally and without any just or reasonable ground” refused to pay the claim within thirty days after written notice and proof was filed with the company, as required by the terms of the policy.

The exceptions are predicated upon the…