Legal Opinion
McCarthy v. Griffin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 1, 1938PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
Andrew A. McCarthy is the administrator of the estate of his father, John F. McCarthy. The latter also left surviving him a daughter, Mary G. McCarthy. The fundamental and decisive question in each of these appeals is whether at the decease of John F. McCarthy on January *31019, 1934, a policy of insurance upon his life in the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company was an asset of his estate available to pay the claims of his creditors or belonged individually to Andrew and Mary as the designated beneficiaries.
The judge found these facts: On April 4, 1930, John F. McCarthy changed the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Central Bank of Washington v. HumeSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Comstock v. BowlesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Bailey v. WoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Fourth National Bank v. MeadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Proctor v. MacClaskeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Bianco v. LayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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- In Re CRS Steam, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1998
- Union Central Life Ins. v. FlickerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939
- In Re SlossUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2002
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