Canavan v. Hanover Insurance Co.

This is a bill in equity to reach and apply a policy of liability insurance covering the operation of a motor vehicle issued by the defendant Hanover Insurance Company (Hanover) to the defendant John F. Graves (Graves). G. L. c. 214, § 3 (10). See G. L. c. 175, § 113. There was a decree for the plaintiff. Hanover alone appealed. The judge made findings, rulings, and an order for decree.

On January 25, 1965, the plaintiff obtained a judgment in an action of tort against Graves, and execution issued. Hanover had issued the policy in 1962 to Graves’s father, Lawson T. Graves, covering a Ford…