Ensign v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance

Plaintiff brought this action to recover disability benefits alleged to be due from defendant under the terms of an insurance policy. The court, sitting without a jury, gave judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. We have concluded that plaintiff is entitled to recover under the terms of the policy, and that the judgment should therefore be affirmed.

*886The facts, as disclosed by the record, appear to be substantially undisputed. In 1929, plaintiff, a physician, took out a “Non-cancellable Income Policy” of insurance from defendant.1 The policy provided for payments for disability due to…