Berggren v. Mutual Life Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three actions of contract by the administrators of the estate of Karl W. Leaf, late of Quincy, each on a policy insuring 'the life of the plaintiff’s intestate.
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Three actions of contract by the administrators of the estate of Karl W. Leaf, late of Quincy, each on a policy insuring 'the life of the plaintiff’s intestate. Writs dated April 30, 1917. In the Superior Court the cases were tried together before Morton, J. At the close of the evidence the judge submitted to the jury in the two eases against the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York the question, “Did the deceased, Karl Leaf, commit suicide?” The jury answered, “No.” In the case against the Travelers Insurance Company the judge submitted to the jury the question, “Was the deceased Karl…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This record relates to the granting of motions for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence. The actions are to recover upon policies of insurance on the life of *176Karl W. Leaf. He died as the result of taking cyanide of potassium, which was contained in the neck of a bottle of medicine imported from England and bought for him in some drug store. There was no claim or evidence that he had been murdered. The chief question at the trial before the jury was whether the insured came to his death by accident, as contended by the plaintiffs, or by suicide, as contended by the…
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