Legal Opinion

Kunen v. First Agricultural National Bank

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided November 21, 1978PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.

Two of the residuary legatees (legatees) under a will have appealed from a decree of the Probate Court for Worcester County which awarded an attorney a total amount of $10,000, payable out of the estate, for his services to the executor in connection with the settlement of the estate. G. L. c. 215, § 39A. The only contention of any substance is that the evidence before the Probate Court did not warrant such an award as the one made. We consider this contention in light of the truncated portions of the trial record which have been reproduced in the legatees’ record appendix and affirm the…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. United States v. George Lefkowitz, Joseph P. Dryja, Richard EmondCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
  2. United States v. One Motor Yacht Named Mercury, Serial Number 237590Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
  3. Gerald Alger and Frelove Alger v. Larry HayesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
  4. Braniff Airways, Inc., Phillip Addabbo, and Morton D. Stein, as of the Estate of Maurice Berg, Deceased v. Curtiss-Wright CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
  5. Esso Standard Oil Company v. Secatore's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1957

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3Cited by54 opinions

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