Goucher v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Mr. Justice Kelleher,

whom Mr. Justice Joslin joins, dissenting. I would affirm the findings made by the trial justice. The majority rests its reversal upon the term “completion date” while overlooking the truly significant portion of the receipt which provides retroactive coverage of the policy “applied for.” It must be kept in mind that *682the conditional receipt1 given in September 1970 was in exchange for a premium that accompanied an application seeking “a select policy series with a standard premium class.” The policy issued one month later differed from the one “applied for” in that it was…