Kavanaugh v. Johnson

This is a suit in equity brought by the executrix of the will of Thomas J. Kavanaugh, who died January 12, 1934, to reach the proceeds of four policies of insurance on the life of the plaintiff’s testator, aggregating $13,266.67. The policies were payable to and their proceeds collected by the defendant as the surviving business partner of the insured.

The plaintiff’s testator and the defendant up to the death of said testator had been copartners since as early as 1919, in the conduct of a printing business, under the name and style of “The Graphic Press.” As early as April 1, 1919, a policy…