Legal Opinion
Jones v. Jones
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 11, 1916PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
This is a petition, filed on November 5, 1913, to vacate a decree of the Probate Court of June 19, 1901.
The will of John Coffin Jones was proved and allowed in the Probate Court for the county of Norfolk, January 11, 1862. The rest and residue of his estate was given to a trustee, to pay the income to the testator’s widow during her life and on her death to pay to each of his children “when and as they shall arrive at full age his or her share thereof or their heirs respectively.”
Mrs. Jones, the widow, died June 5, 1900, and thereupon the petitioner became entitled to one sixth of the fund.…
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