KRANTZ v. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO.


335 Mass. 703 (1957)

141 N.E.2d 719

RITA KRANTZ vs. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk..

April 15, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry N. Silk, (Abraham Wekstein & Morris A. Greenbaum with him,) for the plaintiff.

Jeremiah W. Mahoney, for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WILLIAMS, & WHITTEMORE, JJ.


WHITTEMORE, J.

This is an action of contract to recover on two insurance policies issued on the life of the plaintiff's deceased husband. The plaintiff is the beneficiary under each policy and seeks to recover under double indemnity provisions by reason of the death of the insured by drowning on or about April 22, 1952. The defendant filed a motion for summary judgment under G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 59, as appearing in St. 1955, c. 674, § 1, asserting that...

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