Milam v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

Woods, Judge:

Plaintiff recovered a judgment under the terms of a certain group life insurance certificate, issued to him in 1919 at the instance and expense of Charleston Interurban Kailroad Company, his then employer, on the theory that he had, during the period the certificate was in full force and effect, become totally and permanently disabled within the meaning of the provisions of said certificate. The insurer prosecutes error.

The provision, under which recovery was had, was added to the certificate in 1921. It reads: “If proof shall be furnished the society that any employee insured…