Quillian v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

Ralph R. Quillian. as trustee, sued the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. The petition set out in substance the following: On December 5, 1919, the assurance society issued its policy of accident and illness disability insurance to Dr. Garnett W. Quillian, which policy provided for t'he payment to the insured of a weekly indemnity of $125 for a total disability resirlting from an accident or from disease. Pertinent portions of the policy are as follows: “Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States hereby insures the person named as applicant in the copy of…