Legal Opinion

Eaton v. Miller

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided February 18, 1969PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WEATHERBEE, Justice.

On Appeal.

The will of the late Harold B. Kaler was duly admitted to probate in the Knox County Probate Court and letters testamentary issued to the defendant Miller, the named executor. Soon thereafter the plaintiffs, who are the testator’s cousins and heirs-at-law, brought this complaint against the defendant Miller (and another defendant who is no longer a party to this action) as authorized by 14 M.R.S.A. Section 5956 asking for the Court’s declaratory judgment that paragraphs 2, 3, and 13 of the will are null and void, that after payment of Mr. Kaler’s debts, funeral…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Andrews v. LincolnSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1901
  2. Piper v. MoultonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1881
  3. Snow v. President of Bowdoin CollegeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1934
  4. Wentworth v. FernaldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1898
  5. In Re Byrne EstateSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1953

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Statler Industries, Inc. v. Board of Environmental ProtectionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975
  2. Low v. SpellmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993

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