Legal Opinion
Kruger v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 15, 1937PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company on the application of Louise C. Pfaff, in 1902, issued a policy of insurance on her life. The policy provided that the insurer "does insure the life of Louise C. Pfaff ... in the amount of Eight hundred Dollars, and promises to pay said amount . . . upon satisfactory proof of the death of said Insured, to her children, Gerard H. and Agnes K. Pfaff, in equal shares to each, if living, or to such other beneficiary as may, according to the conditions hereof, be finally designated and recognized by endorsement hereon; or if no beneficiary be then…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Gould v. EmersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Tyler v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Hopkins v. HopkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Bray v. HickmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Kochanek v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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3Cited by16 opinions
- National Shawmut Bank v. JoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- West's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Massachusetts Linotyping Corp. v. FieldingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- United States v. Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1942
- Strachan v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
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