Purcell v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

This case is before us on the original respondent’s motion to dismiss the complainant’s appeal from a final decree of the superior court denying his claim of double indemnity under two policies of insurance issued by the respondent on tbe life of one Mary McGinnity. The complainant, who claims to be the present beneficiary under the policies, brought a bill in equity in which he alleged that the insured “died as the result of an accidental fall in her bedroom, ” and prayed that the court order the payment to him of double indemnity in accordance with the terms of the policies. The respondent…