Knight v. Mahoney
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Five writs of entry to recover parcels of land in Sturbridge. Pleas, nul disseisin. The cases were submitted to the Superior Court together, and, after judgment for the demand-ants, to this court, on appeal, on agreed facts, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
These suits are writs of entry, and the demand-ants in each suit are the heirs at law of Wheaton T. Knight, who died testate, on February 8,1874, seised of the lands, and leaving a widow, Sabra A. Knight, who married again on August 3,1878, and died on June 6, 1888. The first clause of the will of Wheaton T. Knight is as follows: “ I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Sabra A. Knight, all my real estate and personal property, of every kind and description, after paying all my debts and legal charges, and paying out to my children the allowances hereinafter made, so long as she remains my…
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