Legal Opinion
Telesetsky v. Wight
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 18, 1985PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The plaintiff, Barbara Telesetsky, filed a notice of claim against the defendants, Ann Wight and Stephen Wight, coadministrators of the estate of Philip D. Wight. The defendants sent a notice of disallowance of the claim, and the plaintiff filed a petition for payment. A judge of the Probate- Court ruled on a submitted statement of agreed facts that the defendants properly disallowed the claim and dismissed the petition. The plaintiff filed a notice of appeal, and we allowed her application for direct appellate review. We are asked to interpret some of the provisions of G. L. c. 197, § 9…
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