Legal Opinion
Dorfman v. Allen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 5, 1982PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
We are presented with a will dispute and a constitutional challenge to G. L. c. 191, § 2, which voids bequests to spouses of necessary subscribing witnesses.
By a will executed on March 24, 1965, and a codicil executed on November 1, 1976, William Herbits left one-half of the residue of his estate to his wife on the condition that she survive him by thirty days, and “one-half (or all, if my said wife shall not survive me thirty days) in equal shares to my daughters, MURIEL HARRIET ALLEN and IRIS SHEILA CHANDLER, and their issue by right of representation.” The codicil leaves $1,000 to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- MaldonadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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