Legal Opinion
Fekkes v. Hughes
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 8, 1968PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
Two married couples, the older the parents of the wife of the younger man, hold about fifty-eight acres of land with a dwelling house thereon in Sandwich, under a deed describing the owners and the tenancy as follows: “Harold B. Hughes and Dorothy Ann Hughes, husband and wife, and Harry Fekkes and Dorothy D. Fekkes, husband and wife, all as joint tenants.”
After marital discord had developed between the Hughes (the younger couple), the Fekkes and Mrs. Hughes filed in the Probate Court a petition for partition of the property. The judge found that the estate could not be advantageously divided…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Pineo v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Bernatavicius v. BernataviciusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Brocklesby v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Clough v. CromwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Maddams v. MaddamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Nelson v. HotchkissSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
- Neylon v. Addario (In Re Addario)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1985
- Jenni v. GamelMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- Moat v. DucharmeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1990
- Tedesco v. TedescoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
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