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Connolly v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 5, 1948PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.

This is an action of contract, brought in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, to recover $450 on an industrial life insurance policy issued March 17, 1943, by the defendant on the life of William J. Connolly, then a man forty-four years of age. After a finding for the plaintiff, *679the beneficiary named in the policy, the case was reported to the Appellate Division which ordered the finding for the plaintiff to be vacated and judgment to be entered for the defendant. From these orders the plaintiff has appealed.

The policy provided that it “shall be void if on its date of issue the insured…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
  2. Fitchburg Savings Bank v. Massachusetts Bonding & InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
  3. Payne v. R. H. White Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  4. Clifford v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
  5. Fondi v. Boston Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
  2. New England Gas & Electric Ass'n v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
  3. Krantz v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
  4. Krause v. Equitable Life Insurance Co. of IowaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
  5. Kaufman v. National Casualty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961

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