Thompson v. Owen

This is a bill in equity brought under the provisions of R. L. c. 141, §§ 26, 27, 29 and 30 (now G. L. c. 197, §§ 28, 29, 31 and 32), to recover from the defendants as devisee's and legatees under the will of Francis T. Owen, late of Great Barrington in this Commonwealth, a debt alleged to be due to the plaintiffs from the decedent. The plaintiffs’ claim is based on a bond or obligation signed by the decedent, dated July 16, 1896, in which he promised to pay the plaintiffs the sum of $10,000 with interest, three years from the date of his death. He died on March 29, 1909, testate; his will…