Dean v. American Legion of Honor
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, brought by the administrator of the estate of Joseph H. Poor, to recover S3,000 on a benefit certificate in the defendant corporation, issued to Poor for the benefit of William L. Putnam, “ dependent friend.” The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the plaintiff, to this court, on agreed facts, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The defendant in this case admits its liability to pay the sum of $3,000 under the benefit certificate declared on, but contends that its payment should be made to the beneficiary named in the certificate,.or to the administrator de bonis non of the intestate, appointed by the Probate Court in Maine, and asks that the beneficiary and the administrator de bonis non be summoned into court and made parties to the action, so that their rights may be determined under the St. of 1886, c. 281. The application of the defendant was denied in the Superior Court, judgment was rendered for the plaintiff,…
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