Goucher v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.

This a civil action brought to recover the proceeds of a contract of insurance entered into by *673William F. Goucher, Jr., with the defendant, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. The plaintiff, Mary A. Goucher, wife of the insured, was the named beneficiary. The cause was tried on an agreed statement of facts by a justice of the Superior Court,'who entered a judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff is now in this court prosecuting an appeal.

On September 28, 1970, the decedent applied for insurance with defendant. The application was in two parts. In Part A the decedent applied for a…