Haskins v. Kendall
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court ordering Henry W. Haskins as administrator of the estate of Louisa G. Haskins to account for the proceeds of two benefit certificates issued by the Massachusetts Mutual Aid Society. Hearing before Barker, J., who reserved the case for the consideration of the full court, in substance as follows. The Massachusetts Mutual Aid Society was incorporated on February 17, 1879, under the Pub.
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Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court ordering Henry W. Haskins as administrator of the estate of Louisa G. Haskins to account for the proceeds of two benefit certificates issued by the Massachusetts Mutual Aid Society. Hearing before Barker, J., who reserved the case for the consideration of the full court, in substance as follows. The Massachusetts Mutual Aid Society was incorporated on February 17, 1879, under the Pub. Sts. c. 115. After the passage of the St. of 1885, c. 183, it changed the form of its benefit certificates so -as to conform to the provisions of that statute, and acted…
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
It is not contended by the appellee that the certificates originally issued to Jonathan H. Haskins by the Massachusetts Mutual Aid Society for the benefit of his wife were not legally surrendered. It is contended in her behalf that the certificates issued in place of the original certificates, being issued after the passage of the St. of 1885, c. 183, vested such an interest in them in his wife, that, notwithstanding her death before that of her husband, the proceeds of the certificates upon their collection belong to her estate.
The applications for the certificates were made by Jonathan H.…
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