O'Neil v. Cogswell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on April 15, 1914, begun by Maria Emma Keefe (and afterward prosecuted by the executor of her will) against John H. Cogswell, administrator de bonis non of the estate of John D. Gilman, and Wilford D. Gray, administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Annie C. Gilman, who was the wife of John D. Gilman, alleging in substance that the plaintiff was the owner of certain real estate in South Boston which was subject to…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on April 15, 1914, begun by Maria Emma Keefe (and afterward prosecuted by the executor of her will) against John H. Cogswell, administrator de bonis non of the estate of John D. Gilman, and Wilford D. Gray, administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Annie C. Gilman, who was the wife of John D. Gilman, alleging in substance that the plaintiff was the owner of certain real estate in South Boston which was subject to a mortgage securing a note of $800 held by John D. Gilman at the time of his death; that Annie C. Gilman had been…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
John D. Gilman, at the time of his death, October 21, 1909, was the owner of a note for the sum of $800. David F. Keefe was the maker. Annie C. Gilman was appointed administratrix of the estate of John D. Gilman, her husband. She filed no account as such administratrix and on her death in March, 1912, John H. Cogswell was appointed administrator de bonis non of Gilman’s estate. David F. Keefe died before Gilman, leaving a widow, Maria Emma Keefe, who died after this suit was begun, and the executor of whose will is the plaintiff. She then owned the mortgaged real estate. She was a half sister…
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