Blodgett v. Moore
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two APPEALS from a decree of the Probate Court, admitting to probate the will, dated August 21, 1874, and the codicil, dated August 30, 1878, of Mary E. Foster, deceased.
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Two APPEALS from a decree of the Probate Court, admitting to probate the will, dated August 21, 1874, and the codicil, dated August 30, 1878, of Mary E. Foster, deceased. The cases were heard by Morton, C. J., and reported for the consideration of the full court, upon agreed facts, in substance as follows: At the time of the execution of said will and codicil, the testatrix was the widow of Thomas E. Nichols, and was of sound and disposing mind; and the will and codicil were properly executed and attested in the presence of three witnesses. The testatrix, subsequently to the execution of both…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The will and codicil of the testatrix were revoked by her subsequent marriage to Christopher Foster. Swan v. Hammond, 138 Mass. 45.
Recree reversed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Swan v. HammondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
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