Jones v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Chiee Justice BlEase.

In the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County, the plaintiff in this case, one for “total and permanent disability,” under the terms of a policy of insurance issued by the defendant insurance company, obtained a favorable verdict for the full amount of his demand.

At the conclusion of all the evidence, the defendant moved for a directed verdict in its favor, on the sole ground that “the evidence offered in the case is susceptible of only one reasonable inference, such inference is that the insured is not totally and…