Legal Opinion
Resnek v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 24, 1934PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The plaintiff brought actions at law against two insurance companies on policies of insurance issued by them some time prior to 1929 on the life of her husband who married the plaintiff in January and died on August 7 of that year. One policy designates the insured’s sister and mother, and the other policy his sister, as beneficiaries. Each company filed a petition of interpleader, the beneficiaries appeared as parties and filed answers, the companies paid into court the amounts due as proceeds of the policies and their liabilities thereunder were declared terminated in one case by…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Lorando v. GethroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Freund v. FreundIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Tyler v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Marsh v. Supreme Council American Legion of HonorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Merrill v. New England Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
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3Cited by23 opinions
- The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. Sandra Porter-Englehart, Sandra Porter-EnglehartCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Colasanto v. Life Insurance Co. of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Goldman v. MosesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Strachan v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Kruger v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
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