Freeman v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States

delievered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by the defendants from a decree of the superior court entered in a suit in equity holding that the. plaintiff Ernest E. Freeman is entitled to the proceeds of $30,000 of the life insurance on the life of plaintiff’s brother, Walter W. Freeman, and against the widow and children of the deceased, to whom the policies were payable, and the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. This cause was referred to a master to hear evidence and report his conclusions of fact, but not of law.

The amended bill of complaint charges that…