Legal Opinion
Wilbur v. Hallett
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 28, 1940PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDolan, J.
This is á suit in equity brought in the Probate Court (G. L. [Ter. Ed.] c. 197, § 19) wherein the petitioner seeks to recover a legacy of $1,000 bequeathed to him by the will of Clara M.,Melvin, late of Brookline, deceased. Under the terms of the will (fifth codicil) the testatrix also devised to the petitioner certain real estate owned by her at the time of her death and located “at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, together with all furniture, furnishings and equipment of said place . . as they existed at the time of her death.
The case was heard by the judge upon the pleadings, certain documentary…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Farquhar v. New England Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Cook v. HoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Farnsworth v. GoebelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Fay v. FayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Hemenway v. HarriganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Old Colony Trust Co. v. PorterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Kennedy v. SimmonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Bottoms v. CarlzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Curley v. CurleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Porotto v. Fiduciary Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
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