Legal Opinion

McLoughlin v. Sheehan

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided October 17, 1924PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.

This case comes before us on exceptions taken in the Superior Court at the trial of two issues to a jury framed on a petition for the allowance of the will of the late Ellen Moore. The issues related (1) to the soundness of *135mind of the alleged testatrix and (2) to the procurement of the will through the fraud or undue influence of named persons.

There was no error in the exclusion of testimony to the effect that the witness thought the testatrix was a woman over eighty years of age. It does not appear that this opinion was founded on personal observation. In the bill of exceptions the age of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Duggan v. Bay State Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
  2. Fuller v. SylviaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
  3. Neill v. BrackettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  4. Whitney v. TwomblyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
  5. Clifford v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. West's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  2. Taylor v. CreeleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
  3. Claffey v. FenelonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
  4. Commonwealth v. VenutiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  5. Gilmer v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 1947

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