Finegan v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

This is an action of contract brought against an insurance company on seven insurance policies, in each of which the plaintiff was named as beneficiary, issued by the defendant on the life of the plaintiff’s husband, John C. Finegan, who died June 16, 1935. The defendant filed a petition of interpleader under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 40, in which it admitted liability for the amount claimed in the declaration, alleged that this amount was claimed by Samuel Cabot Incorporated, and that the defendant had no interest in the subject matter of the controversy, and petitioned the court to order…