Hobbs v. Carroll

Agnes Bogosian died on January 26, 1990, at the age of eighty-five. She left a will dated October 20, 1989, which superseded a will dated September 11, 1973, and radically changed the bequests. Proponents of the later will (Carroll et al.) petitioned for probate on May 3, 1990, returnable on May 21, 1990. Contestants (Hobbs et al.), who appear to have “standing” to contest that will, see Wimberly v. Jones, 26 Mass. App. Ct. 944, 946 (1988), entered their appearance by their attorney on May 21, 1990, and on June 12, 1990, the attorney filed an affidavit of objections sworn to by himself.…