Ingersoll v. Hopkins
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal, by the heirs at law and next of kin of Charles D. Ingersoll, from a decree of the Probate Court admitting to probate an instrument purporting to be his last will. The case was heard by Knowlton, J., who entered a decree affirming the decree of the Probate Court, and, at the request of the appellants, reported the case for the determination of the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
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Appeal, by the heirs at law and next of kin of Charles D. Ingersoll, from a decree of the Probate Court admitting to probate an instrument purporting to be his last will. The case was heard by Knowlton, J., who entered a decree affirming the decree of the Probate Court, and, at the request of the appellants, reported the case for the determination of the full court. The facts appear in the opinion. The case was argued at the bar in December, 1897, and after-wards was submitted on briefs to all the justices.
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
The will of Charles D. Ingersoll, of Boston, was executed on October 20, 1891, and in it he gave all his property to Mary Alice Payson, of said Boston, “single woman,” and appointed her one of the executors, and requested that the executors “be required to give no sureties on their official bonds.” It appears from the testimony admitted by the justice who reported the case to this court, that the testator and Miss Payson were married on October 19, 1892; that the testator died on September 28, 1896; that prior to the time when the will was executed the testator and Miss Payson had mutually…
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