Goucher v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.

324 A.2d 657 (1974)

Mary A. GOUCHER

v.

JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

No. 73-49-Appeal.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

August 19, 1974.

Adler, Pollock & Sheehan Incorporated, Peter Lawson Kennedy, Providence, for plaintiff.

John W. Moakler, John F. Sherlock, Jr., Providence, for defendant.

OPINION

ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

This a civil action brought to recover the proceeds of a contract of insurance entered into by William 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…