Broidy v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Maxwell, Judge:

This action is based on the total and permanent disability clauses of two life insurance policies. In the Circuit Court of Marion County, the plaintiff recovered judgment, on verdict, against the defendant for $1070.00. Writ of error was awarded the defendant.

The policies, each in the sum of $5,000.00, were issued in 1924, and 1926, respectively. Under the total-and-permanent-disability adjunctive clause of each policy, provision is made for the payment of fifty dollars per month to the insured.

The pertinent provisions of the identical clauses under consideration are these:

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