Parker v. Simpson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in EQUITY by Percy Parker, administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Elizabeth Simpson, and by Odanathus Simpson, son of Elizabeth, against Verrazano Simpson, another son of Elizabeth, alleging that the defendant had by fraud and undue influence obtained the conveyance and transfer to himself of large amounts of real and personal property belonging to the plaintiffs’ testatrix, and praying, 1. For discovery, by a true statement and account under oath by the…
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Bill in EQUITY by Percy Parker, administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Elizabeth Simpson, and by Odanathus Simpson, son of Elizabeth, against Verrazano Simpson, another son of Elizabeth, alleging that the defendant had by fraud and undue influence obtained the conveyance and transfer to himself of large amounts of real and personal property belonging to the plaintiffs’ testatrix, and praying, 1. For discovery, by a true statement and account under oath by the defendant of all the real and personal property transferred to him by Elizabeth. 2. That the defendant be restrained from…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
In this bill as finally amended, at the time of the argument before this court, the plaintiffs are Percy Parker, the administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Elizabeth Simpson, and Odonathus Simpson, one of her sons and legatees; and the defendant is Verrazano Simpson, also a son and legatee. The amount involved is several hundred thousand dollars, and the record is very voluminous, but, following pretty closely the statement of the case contained in the report of the master, we think that the nature of the controversy, including the respective contentions of the parties, may be…
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