Legal Opinion
Kelly v. Kelly
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 6, 1970PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKirk, J.
This is a bill in equity described as seeking specific performance of an alleged agreement by the defendant, Catherine, to convey to her brother Thomas, the plaintiff, one third of a nine-acre lot of land in Burlington. The defendant appeals from a final decree ordering her to deliver to Thomas a deed conveying an undivided one-third interest in the land. The judge made findings of fact; the evidence is reported.
The land comprises nine acres of what was originally a twelve-acre lot owned by the parties’ parents. In 1949, the parents conveyed three acres of that lot to their third child,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Akin v. WarnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
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3Cited by29 opinions
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