Addison v. New England Commercial Travellers' Ass'n
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, by the widow of James Addison, who during his lifetime was a member of the defendant corporation, an association formed under the St. of 1877', c. 204, to recover $8000, which sum was also claimed by James Macdonald, administrator of the estate of Mary E. Pratt, a daughter of Addison, who survived him. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Barker, J., who, at the request of both parties, reported the case for the determination of this court.
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Contract, by the widow of James Addison, who during his lifetime was a member of the defendant corporation, an association formed under the St. of 1877', c. 204, to recover $8000, which sum was also claimed by James Macdonald, administrator of the estate of Mary E. Pratt, a daughter of Addison, who survived him. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Barker, J., who, at the request of both parties, reported the case for the determination of this court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtW. Allen, J.
The only designation of beneficiaries which the deceased attempted to make was in answers to the printed questions in his application for membership. The persons whom he could designate were limited by the statute (St. 1877, c. 204), and by the charter or certificate of incorporation, to his widow, his orphan children, and other persons dependent upon him. The by-laws of the corporation provided that, if he made no designation, the amount payable on his death should be paid to his widow, or, if he left no widow, to a guardian or trustee of his minor children. At the time of making his…
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