Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. O'Connell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 28, 1931PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.
The indictment, brought under G. L. c. 266, § 57, alleges that the defendant, as he was a commissioner duly appointed by the Probate Court, and also being a person upon whom a trust had then devolved, fraudulently converted money in the amount of $1,250 held by him for the use of John J. and Frank P. Sullivan.
It appeared that on May 14, 1926, the defendant, a member of the bar, was appointed to make partition of the real estate of the heirs of John C. Sullivan who died intestate in 1903, leaving a widow, Catherine, two children, and four grandchildren, one of whom was the only child of a…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Commonwealth v. RichmondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Gibson v. FarleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1820
- Callahan v. Fleischman Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Sayles v. QuinnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MontecalvoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. ValliereMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. WatsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. ShermanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Anderson v. Beacon Oil Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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