Legal Opinion
Balcom v. Balcom
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 23, 1956PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
The administrators with the will annexed of the estate of William L. Sheridan, late of Holliston, ask to be instructed as to the distribution of the assets of the estate remaining after the payment of debts and expenses.
The testator died on July 13, 1953, leaving a will dated January 12, 1942, which read as follows: “First; I direct my executrix to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses without unnecessary delay after my decease. Second; All the property both real and personal then remaining of which I shall die seized or possessed or to which I shall be in any way entitled at the time of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Sears v. ChildsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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- Hedge v. State Street Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Old Colony Trust Co. v. TuftsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- New England Trust Co. v. FaxonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Wright v. BenttinenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
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