Legal Opinion

Rosenfeld v. Boston Mutual Life Insurance

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 27, 1915PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.

This is a bill in equity to compel the defendant specifically to perform a contract of re-insurance issued by the defendant upon the life of the plaintiff.

The Greenfield Life Association of Greenfield, Massachusetts, a corporation chartered under St. 1890, c. 421, issued a policy of insurance for $2,000 upon the life of the plaintiff. This policy was dated April 21, 1897, and was a contract of insurance upon the assessment plan. The premiums upon the policy were to be paid semiannually, in conformity with a "Table of Rates” printed upon the back thereof.

*286In the year 1899 the name of the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Carew v. RutherfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
  2. Wickliffe's Executors v. PrestonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1862
  3. Hatch v. United States Casualty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
  4. Pain v. Société St. Jean BaptisteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
  5. Newhall v. Supreme Council American Legion of HonorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Hartsville Oil Mill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. Koshland v. Columbia InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
  3. Adder v. Holman & Moody, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1975
  4. Carey v. FitzpatrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
  5. Mendelsohn v. Automobile InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935

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