Sullivan v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston

This suit for declaratory relief was brought in the Land Court pursuant to G. L. c. 185, § 1 (k), and c. 231 A, to determine what interest, if any, the plaintiffs have in a Billerica farm which was owned by the testator, Edward T. P. Graham, at the time of his death. This land was devised under cl. 3 of Graham’s will to “Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of Boston, Massachusetts, to be devoted to such charitable uses as he may select. If, however, he will not accept this devise, then and in that event, I give and devise the said farm to my cousin, Garrett L. Sullivan of said Cambridge for his own…