Papamechail v. HOLYOKE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment ordering the defendant Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company (Holyoke) to pay to the defendant Arlington Trust Company (Arlington) the proceeds of a claim made by the plaintiffs under a fire insurance policy issued to them by Holyoke. The case was tried before a judge in the Superior Court who made findings and rulings.

Because we have a transcript of the evidence before us as well as the judge’s findings, we can find facts not expressly found by the judge. Lowell Bar Assn. v. Loeb, 315 Mass. 176, 178 (1943). Juergens v. Venture Capital Corp., 1…