Lorings v. Marsh
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts. The 25th section of chapter 92, of the Devised Statutes of Massachusetts, A. D. 1860, — a re-enactment, essentially of earlier statutes, — thus enacts: “ "When any testator shall omit to provide in his will for any of his children, or for the issue of any deceased child, they shall take the same share of his estate, both real and personal, that they would have been entitled to, if he had died intestate, unless…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts. The 25th section of chapter 92, of the Devised Statutes of Massachusetts, A. D. 1860, — a re-enactment, essentially of earlier statutes, — thus enacts: “ "When any testator shall omit to provide in his will for any of his children, or for the issue of any deceased child, they shall take the same share of his estate, both real and personal, that they would have been entitled to, if he had died intestate, unless it shall have been provided for by the testator in his lifetime, or, unless it shall appear that,such omission was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
The first question in the case arises on the following provision of a statute of the State of Massachusetts: “When any testator shall omit to provide in his will for any of his children, or for the issue of any deceased child, they shall take the same share of his estate, both real and personal, that they would have been entitled to, if he had died intestate, unless it shall have been provided for by the testator in his lifetime, or, unless it shall appear that such omission was intentional, and not occasioned by any accident or mistake.” As it is admitted that no provision was made by the…
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