National Life & Accident Insurance v. Sherod

Appellant is -a foreign insurance company issuing life policies with clauses affording indemnity against sickness and accident. Appellant issued to appellee a policy dated August 28, 1916, for payment' of the sum of $99.75 in the case of death, with sick and accident benefits in the sum of seven dollars per week. The policy contained the following clause with respect to the payment of weekly benefits:

“Weekly benefits for accident will only be paid for eadh period of seven (7) consecutive days that the insured is, by reason of accidental injury, disabled from work of any nature, and there must…