Legal Opinion
Shurdut v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 31, 1947PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
On February 15, 1943, the defendant issued a policy of life insurance to Leo Meltzer, payable upon his death to the plaintiff, then his wife, as beneficiary. The policy lapsed thirty-one days after August 15, 1943, because of the nonpayment of a premium due on that day. A few days later, on September 25, 1943, Meltzer signed an application for the reinstatement of the policy “upon condition of the truth of the following statements” made by him in his application. Those “statements” were that Meltzer “is now in sound health” and has had no “injury, ailment, illness or disease, or symptoms of…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Capano v. MelchionnoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Fanciullo v. B. G. & S. Theatre Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- In re KeenanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Lee v. Prudential Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Fondi v. Boston Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Sullivan v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Flanagan v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. Of Boston, Mass. v. MunnCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951
- Connolly v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Drake Fishing, Inc. v. Clarendon American InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
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