Nugent v. Greenfield Life Ass'n
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, upon a policy of insurance for $2,000, issued by the defendant on the life of Patrick J. Nugent, and made payable to the plaintiff, who was his mother. Trial in the Supe- . rior Court, before Richardson, J., who made certain rulings stated in the opinion, and reported the case for the determination of this court.
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Contract, upon a policy of insurance for $2,000, issued by the defendant on the life of Patrick J. Nugent, and made payable to the plaintiff, who was his mother. Trial in the Supe- . rior Court, before Richardson, J., who made certain rulings stated in the opinion, and reported the case for the determination of this court. If any of the rulings were wrong, the verdict was to be set aside and a new trial ordered; otherwise, the verdict was to stand, and judgment was to be entered for the plaintiff. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
Our statutes deal differently with assessment insurance, the contracts of fraternal beneficiary organizations, and ordinary premium insurance. The principal respective enactments are St. 1890, c. 421, governing assessment insurance ; St. 1898, c. 474, relating to the operations of fraternal benefit organizations; and St. 1894, c. 522, which regulates *279ordinary premium insurance. Neither of these statutes is generally, or as of course, applicable to the kinds of insurance regulated by the other acts. See St. 1890, c. 421, §§ 1, 27; St. 1898, c. 474, § 22; St. 1894, c. 522, §§ 2, 8.
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