Burrows v. Burrows
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract or tort, by the administrator of the estate of Mabel E. Burrows, late of Scituate, against her daughter with a decía-/ ration as amended in three counts for $659.63, alleged to have been withdrawn improperly from an account of the intestate in the Commonwealth Trust Company upon a check signed by the intestate and delivered to the defendant before the death of the intestate but not presented until after her death.
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Contract or tort, by the administrator of the estate of Mabel E. Burrows, late of Scituate, against her daughter with a decía-/ ration as amended in three counts for $659.63, alleged to have been withdrawn improperly from an account of the intestate in the Commonwealth Trust Company upon a check signed by the intestate and delivered to the defendant before the death of the intestate but not presented until after her death. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated July 8, 1920. Material facts found by the judge in the Municipal Court are described in the opinion. The plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action brought by the administrator of the estate of Mabel E. Burrows to recover the proceeds of a check, drawn by the intestate against a deposit of the intestate in the commercial department of the Commonwealth Trust Company and payable to the order of her daughter who is the defendant. The husband of the intestate is the plaintiff. The circumstances respecting the making and delivery of the check briefly stated are as follows:
The intestate, who had been in poor health, went to Florida where she stayed from December, 1919, until April, 1920. She was accompanied by the defendant.…
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