Howe v. Watson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in' equity, by amendment from an action of contract, to enforce an agreement contained in a letter of Nancy J. Ball, the defendant Watson’s intestate, to leave to the plaintiff all the intestate’s property, the heirs at law of the intestate being joined as defendants.
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Bill in' equity, by amendment from an action of contract, to enforce an agreement contained in a letter of Nancy J. Ball, the defendant Watson’s intestate, to leave to the plaintiff all the intestate’s property, the heirs at law of the intestate being joined as defendants. Writ in the original action at law dated September 12, 1895. In the Superior Court the case was heard by Braley, J., who reserved it upon the pleadings and the master’s report for the consideration of this court. The letter containing the agreement sought to be enforced was as follows: “ Springfield, April 16, 1894. Dear…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
This was originally an action at law to recover damages for the breach of a contract alleged to have been made between the plaintiff and the defendant’s intestate, by the terms of which the latter agreed to leave at her death all her property to the plaintiff. It was subsequently changed into a suit in equity, and the heirs at law of the intestate were joined with the original defendant as parties defendant. The bill alleges in substance the contract as set out in the declaration in the action at law, and prays that the real estate left by the deceased may be decreed to belong to the…
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