Cassidy v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

This is a bill in equity brought under G. L. c. 175, §§ 112 and 113, and c. 214, § 3 (10), to reach and apply the proceeds of a liability insurance policy. The court below entered a decree dismissing the bill and the plaintiff appealed.

We have no report of the evidence but the judge made full findings of facts which may be summarized as follows: The plaintiff was injured while riding as a guest in an automobile owned and operated by one Cornelius Sullivan. The automobile was registered in the name of one James H. Smith and there was a policy of liability insurance on it standing in the name…