Legal Opinion
Cooney v. Montana
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 11, 1964PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.
The petitioner seeks in this proceeding brought in the Probate Court to establish an oral trust of the proceeds of a policy of insurance written on the life of Eugene T. Sullivan, deceased. The probate judge in a report of material facts found that the policy was in the amount of $10,000 and contained a provision affording double indemnity in case of death by accident of the assured. The respondent, Winifred Montana, sister of Eugene T. Sullivan, was named as beneficiary. The judge concluded “that the assured intended that the proceeds of the insurance policy were to be . . . Mrs. Montana’s,…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Gerrish v. New Bedford Institution for SavingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Lowell v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Warner v. BatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Malone v. WalshMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Temple v. RussellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Symmons v. O'KeeffeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Blanchette v. BlanchetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Colbert v. HennesseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
- Chase v. PevearMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- O'Connor v. RedstoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
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