Anderson v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT

J. Robert Lynch, J.

The defendant Massachusetts Mutual insured the life of Carl E. Anderson for $100,000, with his father, the defendant Carl J. Anderson, beneficiary. The insured son borrowed from the defendant First Federal Savings & Loan, $65,000 at one *583time and $10,000 at another, the loans being secured by an assignment of the insurance policy and a mortgage on his home, the title of which was in his name alone.

The son died, leaving surviving his wife, Gail Anderson, who, as administratrix of her husband’s estate, is the plaintiff here. The father, Anderson, made claim…