Murray v. Ætna Life Ins.
District Court, D. Montana
At Law. Action by Thomas J. Murray against the Aítna Life Insurance Company, a corporation. On motion for new trial after verdict for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
BOURQUIN, District Judge.
In a trial upon a policy providing for payment amongst other things, for “loss of entire sight of one eye, if irrevocably lost” as the result of and within 90 days from accident, the jury was instructed that, though the injured eye could “distinguish light from darkness, or perceive objects temporarily, for briei inter vals,” yet, if “all useful and practical sight was irrecoverably lost,” it was within the policy and plaintiff was entitled to recover. Verdict for plaintiff, and defendant moves for a new trial, for error in said instruction and for insufficiency of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Continental Casualty Co. v. WynneSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- Moore v. Ætna Life InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1915
- International Travelers' Ass'n v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
3Cited by13 opinions
- Continental Casualty Co. v. LinnCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- Life Casualty Ins. Co. v. PeacockSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
- John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Schroder.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Locomotive Engineers' Mut. Life & Acc. Ins. v. MeeksMississippi Supreme Court · 1930
- Pan-American Life Ins. v. TerrellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1928
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