Purcell v. Purcell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal of James F. Purcell from a decre^ of the Probate Court for the county of Middlesex, granting to Mary J. E. Purcell and John G. Brackett, special administrators of the estate of James Purcell, late of Arlington, appointed to serve while an appeal was pending from a decree of said Probate Court allowing the alleged will of James Purcell in which the petitioners were named as executors, authority to appear in and prosecute a suit in equity brought by James Purcell and…
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Appeal of James F. Purcell from a decre^ of the Probate Court for the county of Middlesex, granting to Mary J. E. Purcell and John G. Brackett, special administrators of the estate of James Purcell, late of Arlington, appointed to serve while an appeal was pending from a decree of said Probate Court allowing the alleged will of James Purcell in which the petitioners were named as executors, authority to appear in and prosecute a suit in equity brought by James Purcell and pending in the Supreme Judicial Court seeking a reconveyance of a farm in Arlington, which it was alleged that the…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
Among the facts alleged in the petition are the following: James Purcell, late of Arlington, died on May 17, 1917, leaving a will .in which these petitioners are named as executors. The will was allowed in the Probate Court on October 18, 1917, and the respondent appealed therefrom. Pending the appeal the petitioners were appointed special administrators of the estate; and that appointment is still in full force.
The petition further alleges that about January 7, 1916, said James Purcell, through the fraud and undue influence of his three sotis, (of whom the respondent is one,) was induced to…
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