HOWARD v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.


326 Mass. 722 (1951)

96 N.E.2d 708

ALBERT F. HOWARD, administrator, vs. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 2, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.P. Graham, (D.D. Scannell, Jr., with him,) for the plaintiff.

E.J. Duggan, for the defendants.

Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, SPALDING, & WILLIAMS, JJ.


SPALDING, J.

At the time of his death on September 20, 1946, Albert F. Howard was insured under a policy of life insurance issued by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and two policies issued by the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. It is conceded that the face amount of the policies has been paid. These two actions of contract were brought by Jean R. Howard, the mother of the insured and the beneficiary named...

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