Williams v. Nelson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two bills IN equity, filed in the Superior Court on September 5, 1916, the first by Rose Williams, and the second by Barnett Williams, her husband, the plaintiffs respectively having recovered judgments against the defendant Nelson for bodily injuries to the plaintiff Rose and alleged loss or damage arising therefrom, seeking under St. 1914, c. 464, to have the insurance money under a policy of casualty insurance issued to the defendant Nelson by the defendant United States…
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Two bills IN equity, filed in the Superior Court on September 5, 1916, the first by Rose Williams, and the second by Barnett Williams, her husband, the plaintiffs respectively having recovered judgments against the defendant Nelson for bodily injuries to the plaintiff Rose and alleged loss or damage arising therefrom, seeking under St. 1914, c. 464, to have the insurance money under a policy of casualty insurance issued to the defendant Nelson by the defendant United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company applied to the-satisfaction of the said judgments. The suits were heard together by…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
These are suits in equity under St. 1914, c. 464. That act in terms permits a judgment creditor of one insured by contract of casualty insurance against loss or damage on account of bodily injury or death by accident of any person arising from •causes for which the insured is responsible, such judgment having been recovered for a cause covered by the contract of insurance, to proceed in equity against the insured and the insurer to reach and apply the insurance money to the satisfaction of the judgment.
I. The statute has been assailed as contrary to the Constitution. But that contention has…
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