Cass v. Brown

Grafton,

June, 1894.

At common law no right passes by a release but that which the releasor has at the time.

If money be paid to an heir at law who, upon receipt thereof, relinquishes all interest in the estate, the transaction will be deemed an advancement, in the absence of evidence that it was intended as a loan or gift.

Appeal, from a decree of the judge of probate disallowing the plaintiff’s claim to a distributive share of the estate of Jonas G. Brown, who died intestate October 2, 1889, and was survived by his widow, a son, a daughter, and the plaintiff the only child of a deceased…