BROWN v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.


336 Mass. 609 (1958)

147 N.E.2d 160

ALICE M. BROWN, administratrix, vs. UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 8, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Steinberg, (Everett A. Grant with him,) for the plaintiff.

John F. Finnerty, for United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company.

Eugene Lyne, for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

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


CUTTER, J.

These two cases were tried together. In each case, the defendant filed a motion for a directed verdict which was denied. There were verdicts for the plaintiff. The trial judge, under leave reserved, entered a verdict for each defendant.

The action against Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (hereinafter called Metropolitan) was to recover under the double indemnity feature of a life insurance policy covering the life of the plaintiff's husband ...

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