Hourihan v. Mahoney

*261Appeal from dismissal of petition for writ of mandamus against the Insurance Commissioner certified to the Law Court under R. S., c. 129, § 17, et seq.

The single justice in substance concluded (1) that the petitioner asserted an alleged claim against the Life Insurance Company; (2) that R. S., c. 60, § 62, provided a right of action on such a claim; (3) that the Insurance Commissioner was under no duty to entertain or to hold a hearing upon the claim; and (4) that if the petition was to be considered not as a mandamus petition but as an appeal from a decision of the Insurance Commissioner, it…