Case Name: Frank A. Hourihan, Petitioner vs. George F. Mahoney, Insurance Commissioner
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1964-09-23
Citations: 160 Me. 260
Docket Number: 
Parties: Frank A. Hourihan, Petitioner vs. George F. Mahoney, Insurance Commissioner
Judges: Sitting: Williamson, C. J., Webber, Tapley, Siddall, Marden, J. Sullivan, J., did not sit.
Reporter: Maine Reports
Volume: 160
Pages: 260–261

Head Matter:
Frank A. Hourihan, Petitioner vs. George F. Mahoney, Insurance Commissioner
Cumberland.
September 23, 1964.
Appellant appeared pro se.
Sitting: Williamson, C. J., Webber, Tapley, Siddall, Marden, J. Sullivan, J., did not sit.

Opinion:
Appeal from dismissal of petition for writ of mandamus against the Insurance Commissioner certified to the Law Court under R. S., c. 129, § 17, et seq.
The single justice in substance concluded (1) that the petitioner asserted an alleged claim against the Life Insurance Company; (2) that R. S., c. 60, § 62, provided a right of action on such a claim; (3) that the Insurance Commissioner was under no duty to entertain or to hold a hearing upon the claim; and (4) that if the petition was to be considered not as a mandamus petition but as an appeal from a decision of the Insurance Commissioner, it was filed after the expiration of the thirty-day period. R. S., c. 60, § 350.
As the single justice said, in dismissing the petition, "Mandamus is an extraordinary measure and a remedy to be employed only where there is no other legal resource and where the process will be effective. Dorcourt Co. v. Great Northern Paper Co., 146 Me. 344; Steves v. Robie, 139 Me. 359."
The entry will be
Appeal denied.