Legal Opinion

Hayden v. Keown

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 27, 1919PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court of Suffolk County appointing A. Francis Hayden administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of Anne Fagan, late of Boston, in place of James A. Keown, who had been removed as such administrator.

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Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court of Suffolk County appointing A. Francis Hayden administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of Anne Fagan, late of Boston, in place of James A. Keown, who had been removed as such administrator. The motion “to amend the claim of appeal,” which is described in the opinion, was heard by Carroll, J., who denied the motion and made an order that a final decree be entered dismissing the appeal in accordance with a previous order of the Supreme Judicial Court. The appellant appealed from the order. The appellant filed a motion for a stay of proceedings,…

1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.

The appellant, having been appointed administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Anne Fagan, was thereafter removed as such administrator by a decree of the Probate Court. It is stated in several of the papers printed in the record that he appealed from that decree, but nothing appears touching the disposition of that appeal. On March 18, 1918, and after the said removal, the appellee was appointed administrator with the will annexed of the estate of the testatrix not already administered. The appeal of the appellant from that decree is the matter presented on this record.

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lawless v. ReaganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
  2. Bartlett v. SlaterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
  3. Leyland v. LeylandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
  4. Nesbit v. CandeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
  5. Swan v. TapleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Monroe v. CooperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  2. Hellier v. LoringMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
  3. Commonwealth-Atlantic National BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
  4. Jordan v. UlmerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
  5. Madden v. MaddenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932

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