Legal Opinion
Pitman v. Pitman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 27, 1943PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Probate Court for Norfolk County, allowing and admitting to probate a certain instrument as the last will of Benjamin Pitman in so far as it is in execution of certain powers of appointment granted to him in the will of Almira Pitman.
Benjamin Pitman, a resident of and domiciled in Stamford, Connecticut, died on February 26, 1942, leaving as his heirs at law and next of kin his wife, Helen, a son, Benjamin Pitman, Jr., and two minor daughters, Diane Therese and Lorraine Marie Pitman. The son was the issue of the marriage of Benjamin Pitman and Harriet…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Matter of New York Life Insurance and Trust CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
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