Belcher v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

Mr. Associate Justice Stukes

delivered the unanimous Opinion of the Court:

Plaintiff has two policies of life insurance in the amount of $1,000.00 each which were issued to him by appellant in 1930 and 1931. Each policy contains the usual provisions for total and permanent disability which entitle the assured, in the event of such condition, to a $10.00 payment per month, in the case of each policy, and waiver of premiums, after due proof of the existence of such disability for four months and during its continuance.

Acceptable proof of disability was submitted by plaintiff in 1938 and appellant…