Blinn v. Dame
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two BILLS IN EQUITY, the first bill, filed in the Superior Court on January 8, 1910, by the assignees for the benefit of the creditors of Warren S. Dame, under' an assignment in writing made by Dame on August 7,z 1909, against him, and Irving L. Dame and Mildred F. Dame, his children, and also against the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia, a corporation, praying for a decree ordering the defendant corporation to pay to the plaintiffs the cash surrender value…
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Two BILLS IN EQUITY, the first bill, filed in the Superior Court on January 8, 1910, by the assignees for the benefit of the creditors of Warren S. Dame, under' an assignment in writing made by Dame on August 7,z 1909, against him, and Irving L. Dame and Mildred F. Dame, his children, and also against the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia, a corporation, praying for a decree ordering the defendant corporation to pay to the plaintiffs the cash surrender value of an endowment life policy for $10,000 issued by that defendant to the defendant Warren S. Dame, the plaintiffs’…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
This policy was issued by the insurance company to Warren S. Dame; the contract of insurance was made entirely between him and the company; the general interest, ownership and right of property in the beneficial stipulations of the policy were vested in him; and before the enactment of St. 1894, c. 225, now contained in St. 1907, c. 576, § 73, any action to recover the amount of the policy must have been brought in his name or in that of his personal representative. Wright v. Vermont Life Ins. Co. 164 Mass. 302. See Brown v. Greenfield Life Association, 172 Mass. 498; Millard v. Brayton, 177…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Kelley v. SnowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Alexander v. McPeckMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Brown v. Greenfield Life Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Millard v. BraytonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Atlantic Mutual Life Insurance v. GannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
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