Elder v. Adams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition under Pub. Sts. c. 142, §§ 13-16, St. 1889, c. 266, by the executor named in an instrument purporting to be the will of Julius Adams, for leave to compromise a controversy as to the validity of the will, between the persons claiming as devisees and legatees and the persons claiming under the statute regulating the descent and distribution of intestate estates, filed July 24, 1900. Julius Adams, a resident of Boston, died on December 18, 1899, leaving an instrument…
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Petition under Pub. Sts. c. 142, §§ 13-16, St. 1889, c. 266, by the executor named in an instrument purporting to be the will of Julius Adams, for leave to compromise a controversy as to the validity of the will, between the persons claiming as devisees and legatees and the persons claiming under the statute regulating the descent and distribution of intestate estates, filed July 24, 1900. Julius Adams, a resident of Boston, died on December 18, 1899, leaving an instrument which purported to be his will, by which he bequeathed $25,000 to the Carney Hospital, $5,000 to Isaac Adams, a half…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
' This is a petition by an executor for leave to compromise a controversy as to the validity of a will. Certain minor children, by their guardian ad litem appointed by this court, signed the agreement of compromise; but their statutory guardian and two other parties refused to sign it in its amended form, and objected and excepted to the decision of the court. The other two parties have waived their exceptions, and the question before us arises on a motion to dismiss the exceptions of the statutory guardian on the ground that she has no standing to object, in view of the agreement of the…
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