Legal Opinion

Coghlin v. White

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided October 3, 1930PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtField, J.

The Probate Court of Worcester County entered a decree that an instrument “now lost, and exe*54outed September 1, 1926,” whereby Caroline M. Snow, late of Worcester, deceased, left the residue of her estate to her daughter, Myrtle Coghlin, and appointed said daughter executrix thereof, “be approved and allowed as the last will and testament of said deceased.” The administrator of the estate of Salem H. White, who was named as residuary legatee in a prior instrument, dated September 23, 1922, purporting to be a will of the deceased, appealed.

The judge reported “the material facts found by him.”…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Newell v. HomerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  2. Briggs v. SanfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
  3. Giles v. GilesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
  4. Thayer v. KitchenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  5. Tarbell v. ForbesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  2. Berkey v. DeliaCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
  3. Rubenstein v. Royal Insurance of AmericaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1998
  4. Splaine v. MorrisseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
  5. Callahan v. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co., Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977

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