Goodell v. Goodell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed May 27, 1893, in the Superior Court, against Lafayette W. Goodell and Wesley M. Goodell, to restrain them from disposing of certain real estate in Belchertown, to set aside the conveyance of the same, and for other relief. At the hearing, a decree was entered for the plaintiff; and the defendants appealed to this court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
Flavel Gaylord was, on February 7, 1893, appointed guardian of Asahel Goodell, an insane person, in place of Lafayette W. Goodell, the first named defendant, who was appointed guardian on January 6,1891, and resigned on December 2,1892. In February, 1891, Lafayette filed an inventory of his ward’s estate, which consisted entirely of real estate, in six lots, the total amount of the inventory being $5,140. The next month he petitioned the Probate Court for leave to sell at private sale his ward’s estate to pay debts, alleging that the debts due from his ward amounted to $6,922.18; that there…
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