Cogswell v. Hall

Hannah Etta Cogswell, the testatrix, died leaving a will in which she named Charles F. Cogswell and Newbert J. Hall as executors. Hall filed a petition for the probate of the will in the Probate Court for the county of Norfolk, and in the petition stated that he was one of the persons named in the will as executors. After notice to all persons interested, the will was proved and allowed, and letters testamentary were issued to him. Charles F. Cogswell took an appeal from this decision, and the decree of the Probate Court was afterwards affirmed by the Supreme Judicial Court, which entered a…