Brigham v. Home Life Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed March 20, 1880, by the assignee in bankruptcy of William Scollan, to recover possession of a policy of life insurance issued by the defendant company to Scollan on July 9, 1878. Hearing before Qolt, J., who reported the case for the consideration of the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The policy issued by the defendant company insures the life of William Scollan “ in the amount of thirty-six hundred dollars, for the term of six years with endowment without participation in profits.” By it the insurer “promises and agrees to and with William Scollan to pay the sum assured at its office in this city to him on the thirteenth day of October 1884, or to his children,” [naming them,] “ share and share alike, or to the survivors or survivor of them within sixty days after due notice and proof of loss and interest, satisfactory to the company, in accordance with the terms of this…
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