Child v. Clark
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeals from a decree of the Probate Court for the county of Bristol revoking a decree dated October 13, 1916, authorizing the administrator of the estate of Frances E. Curtis, late of New Bedford, to sell certain land at Edgartown for the purposes of distribution. The petition for • revocation was filed June 15, 1917. The appeal came on to be heard by Braley, J., upon the pleadings and an agreed statement of facts and by him was reserved for-determination by the full court.
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Appeals from a decree of the Probate Court for the county of Bristol revoking a decree dated October 13, 1916, authorizing the administrator of the estate of Frances E. Curtis, late of New Bedford, to sell certain land at Edgartown for the purposes of distribution. The petition for • revocation was filed June 15, 1917. The appeal came on to be heard by Braley, J., upon the pleadings and an agreed statement of facts and by him was reserved for-determination by the full court. The material facts agreed upon are described in the opinion. R. L. c. 146, § 18, as amended by St. 1907, c. 236, was as…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
These are two probate appeals from a decree of the Probate Court, revoking, on the grounds of fraud, a decree dated October 13, 1916, authorizing the administrator of the estate of one Frances E. Curtis to sell certain real estate for the purpose of distribution.
Mrs. Curtis died in 1897, intestate. Her sole heirs were Charlotte E. Nugent (now Charlotte E. Washington) and Love P. Chamberlain; and her only property was the parcel of real estate in question, situated on Chappaquiddick Island, Edgartown. These two heirs in 1898 by warranty deed conveyed a portion of the premises to the…
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