Anderson v. Ætna Life Insurance
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, on a policy of accident insurance. Trial by tbe court. Transferred from the April term, 1909, of the superior court by Stone, J. The provisions of tbe policy relative to tbe amounts payable for various bodily injuries and as weekly indemnities for disability are stated in the opinion.
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Assumpsit, on a policy of accident insurance. Trial by tbe court. Transferred from the April term, 1909, of the superior court by Stone, J. The provisions of tbe policy relative to tbe amounts payable for various bodily injuries and as weekly indemnities for disability are stated in the opinion. The policy further stipulated that “ no legal proceeding shall be brought . . . unless commenced within one year from the date of the alleged accident, as to death, loss of limb, or surgical operation, or within six months from the filing of claim with the company, as to total or partial disability.”…
1Opinion of the CourtPabsons, C. J.
The policy upon its face insures against loss of life, limbs, sight, or time, and states that the principal sum insured is $5,000 and that the weekly indemnity for total disability is $25. The plaintiff was injured during the life and within the terms of the policy, and offered evidence from which the court has drawn the inference that he was totally disabled within the meaning of the policy because of the results of the injuries proved. There is no contention that the evidence was not legally sufficient to authorize the finding of total disability. Why, then, should not the defendants pay…
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- Sanders v. Frankfort Marine, Accident & Plate Glass InsuranceSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1904
- Kendall v. GreenSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1893
- Johnson v. Maryland Casualty Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1905
- Stone v. Granite State Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1898
- Buswell v. BabbittSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1889
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