Legal Opinion
Burne v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 12, 1979PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHIBALD, Justice.
This is an appeal by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company (John Hancock) from a judgment awarded to the plaintiff as assignee of a life insurance policy. We sustain the appeal as it relates to the computation of both interest and attorney’s fees and remand to the Superior Court for entry of a judgment consistent with this opinion.
On April 27, 1973, Henry DeWitt Page owned certain real estate in Harpswell and mortgaged the same to Brunswick Savings Institution (Bank) as security for his promissory note of $15,000.00. Less than a month later Mr. Page executed an…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Ross v. Oxford Paper CompanySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
- National Hearing Aid Centers, Inc. v. SmithSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
- Gilbert v. MaheuxSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
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