Putnam v. Neubrand

This is a petition for the probate of the will of one Francis 0. Matthiessen who died in Boston on April 1, 1950. The judge approved and allowed for probate two sheets of paper, hereinafter described, which were presented for probate by Ruth Peters Putnam and Yale University, two legatees named in the will. In his decree he adjudged (Olsen v. Olsen, 294 Mass. 507, 508) that the will was legally executed, and that the testator was “at the time of making the same, of full age and sound mind.” He appointed one of the proponents Ruth Peters Putnam administratrix with the will annexed and by a…