Legal Opinion
Briggs v. Weston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 27, 1936PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
The probate of an instrument dated April 18, 1934, purporting to be the will of Helen A. Huntington, late of Amesbury, who died April 23, 1934, in which George L. Briggs is named as executor, is contested by the sole heir at law and next of kin of the deceased and other persons named as legatees in an instrument dated December 10, 1920, also purporting to be the will of the deceased. See Crowell v. Davis, 233 Mass. 136. On motion of the contestants the probate judge framed issues for trial by jury relating to soundness of mind of the deceased and to fraud or undue influence of "George L.…
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