Leonard v. Leonard
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed November 17, 1899, and amended January 1 and May 10, 1900, by the widow of George E. Leonard, late of Foxborough, to set aside a conveyance of real estate made by her late husband to James W. Leonard, his nephew since deceased, and gifts of personal property made to the defendant then the wife and now the widow of James.
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Bill in equity, filed November 17, 1899, and amended January 1 and May 10, 1900, by the widow of George E. Leonard, late of Foxborough, to set aside a conveyance of real estate made by her late husband to James W. Leonard, his nephew since deceased, and gifts of personal property made to the defendant then the wife and now the widow of James. The Superior Court made a decree affirming a master’s report, declaring, that the deed from George E. Leonard to James W. Leonard was given without consideration as against the plaintiff and in fraud of her rights, and was void as against her, also, that…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, C. J.
This is a bill to set aside a conveyance of land and certain gifts of personal property on the ground that they were made by the plaintiff’s husband for the purpose of defrauding her of the interest that she would have taken upon his subsequent death intestate and without issue. Pub. Sts. c. 124, § 3; c. 135, § 3. The master found that the principal purpose was as alleged, the other consideration of the deed being the care bestowed and to be bestowed upon the grantor as long as he lived, and that the conveyance and gifts were void as against the plaintiff although the deed at least was made…
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