Crowell v. Davis
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition/ filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on January 22, 1919, by Hiram C. Crowell and Susan K. Crowell of Dennis, for leave to enter and prosecute an appeal from a decree of the Probate Court for the county of Barnstable made on March 6, 1918, allowing an alleged will of Rebecca H. Baker, late of Dennis, dated February 18, 1916. The case was heard by He Courcy, J., the evidence being reported by a commissioner appointed under Equity Rule 35, and described in substance…
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Petition/ filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on January 22, 1919, by Hiram C. Crowell and Susan K. Crowell of Dennis, for leave to enter and prosecute an appeal from a decree of the Probate Court for the county of Barnstable made on March 6, 1918, allowing an alleged will of Rebecca H. Baker, late of Dennis, dated February 18, 1916. The case was heard by He Courcy, J., the evidence being reported by a commissioner appointed under Equity Rule 35, and described in substance in the opinion. On February 14, 1919, the single justice made a final decree allowing the petition. The respondent,…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an appeal from a final decree, entered by a single justice of this court upon a petition brought under R. L. c. 162, § 13, allowing the petitioners to enter and prosecute an appeal from a decree of the Probate Court for the county of Barn-stable, dated March 6, 1918, allowing a certain instrument dated February 18, 1916, as the last will of Rebecca H. Baker, late of Dennis in the county of Barnstable.. An appeal from the decree allowing'the will has been taken by an heir at law of the testatrix and is now pending; a certificate under Equity Rule 36 has been issued by the judge of…
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