Tewksbury v. Tewksbury
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on November 3,1914, alleging in substance that on the death of one Angelia C. Tewksbury, late of Lawrence, and, later, of her husband Robert H. Tewksbury, certain real estate owned by her descended to her two sons, the plaintiff and Robert L. Tewksbury, and, on the death intestate and without issue of Robert L. Tewksbury on September 17,1914, became the property of the plaintiff alone; that on October 30, 1902, Robert L. Tewksbury…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on November 3,1914, alleging in substance that on the death of one Angelia C. Tewksbury, late of Lawrence, and, later, of her husband Robert H. Tewksbury, certain real estate owned by her descended to her two sons, the plaintiff and Robert L. Tewksbury, and, on the death intestate and without issue of Robert L. Tewksbury on September 17,1914, became the property of the plaintiff alone; that on October 30, 1902, Robert L. Tewksbury signed and acknowledged deeds of the two parcels of real estate in which the defendant was named as the grantee; that…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The judge who heard the evidence voluntarily filed a report of material facts found by him, and his findings will not be set aside unless they are plainly wrong. Cohen v. Nagle, 190 Mass. 4. There is no dispute as to most of the facts.
In October, 1902, the property in controversy was owned by the plaintiff, Willis H. Tewksbury and his brother Robert L. Tewksbury, as tenants in common, subject to a life interest in their father, Robert H. Tewksbury. Robert L., then about thirty-six years of age, was afflicted with epilepsy, and had lived with his father and stepmother (the defendant) since…
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