Legal Opinion
Gates v. Reilly
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 24, 2009PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
On September 15, 2006, Katherine Gates and Elizabeth Russell filed a bill in equity in the county court pursuant to G. L. c. 197, § 10 (§ 10), and G. L. c. 214, § 8, seeking, among other things, the reinstatement of certain claims against the estate of their aunt, Mildred K. Dooling, that had been dismissed in the Superior Court as untimely filed under G. L. c. 197, § 9 (§ 9). A single justice of this court ordered that the plaintiffs’ claims be reinstated. The defendants appealed from the single justice’s decision to the full court. We affirm.
1. Background and procedural history. Mildred K.…
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