Travelers' Preferred Accident Ass'n v. Moore
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a policy of insurance. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1895.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
This cause was submitted to the court below without a jury, and resulted in a judgment in favor of appellee for $420. The suit was to recover upon a policy of insurance against accidental bodily injuries. There was no evidence offered by the appellant, the defendant below. The policy provided for the payment of $30 per week, for as many weeks, not exceeding 104, as total disability should ensue.
The evidence disclosed that appellee was injured in the left knee, and in other places less seriously, by a fall from a bicycle, on July 25, 1893, and tended to show that he was wholly disabled from…
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