REEVES v. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO.


333 Mass. 314 (1955)

130 N.E.2d 541

ALICE E. REEVES vs. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

December 6, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Liddy, for the plaintiff.

Robert W. Blakeney, (Charles W. Proctor with him,) for the defendant.

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


WILLIAMS, J.

This is an action by the beneficiary of two industrial life insurance policies issued by the defendant to her husband Stanley J. Reeves to recover "additional" death benefits for which provision was made in the policies. These benefits were payable, if death occurred in circumstances hereinafter described, in amounts equal and in addition to the amounts otherwise payable. Under the first policy, numbered 33220662 issued in 1941, they were payable on receipt...

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