Thigpen v. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance

If an insured receives $40.00 per month for services as court crier, is be entitled to recover upon an insurance policy providing disability in the event “tbat be has been wholly and continuously disabled by bodily injuries or disease other than mental, and will be permanently, continuously, and wholly prevented thereby from pursuing any occupation whatsoever for remuneration or profit?” Stripping tbe proposition to tbe bone, does tbe receipt of $40.00 per month for services constitute an occupation “for remuneration or profit?”

There is abundant evidence tbat the insured, a farmer, suffered a…