Blount v. Wheeler
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
■ Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk November 14,1905, to establish and compel performance of an agreement in writing of compromise made between the plaintiff and the defendant Dillaway (hereinafter called the defendant), who were the only heirs at law and next of kin of their mother, as to the disposition of the mother’s estate, which, under her will, had been left almost entirely to the defendant.
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■ Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk November 14,1905, to establish and compel performance of an agreement in writing of compromise made between the plaintiff and the defendant Dillaway (hereinafter called the defendant), who were the only heirs at law and next of kin of their mother, as to the disposition of the mother’s estate, which, under her will, had been left almost entirely to the defendant. There was a hearing before Schofield, J. The agreement relied on was as follows: < “ July 29, 1905. “ In settlement of the estate of Georgianna L. Dillaway, it…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
This is a bill brought by a sister against her brother and against the executor of the will of their mother. The plaintiff seeks to establish an agreement of compromise between her brother and herself as to the will and property of their mother, and to have the executor directed to pay to her one third of the residue when his accounts are settled in the Probate Court and the time for distribution shall have come.
The mother died at 1.30 A. M. on Friday, July 28,1905, at the City Hospital. There had been an estrangement between the plaintiff and her mother for some ten years. The brother lived…
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