Legal Opinion
Nunes v. Rogers
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 26, 1940PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
The plaintiff is the administrator with the will annexed of the estate of John F. Rapoza, who, by will, gave to his wife, Rosa, a life estate in all of his property “with power to sell, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of so much of my said estate as in her judgment shall be necessary for her comfortable support and maintenance without securing a license therefor from the Probate Court.” The will further provided that, upon the death of the wife and apart from a bequest of the household furniture, whatever “may remain of the rest, residue and remainder of my Estate” was to go to the four…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Parker v. SimpsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Berry v. KyesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Drinkwater v. DrinkwaterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
- Cook v. HoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Allen v. HuntMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
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3Cited by8 opinions
- De Angelis v. PalladinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Pittsfield National Bank v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1960
- Frost v. KendallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- John C. Brantingham, of the Estate of Beatrice F. Brantingham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Roper v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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