Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Creeley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 9, 1926PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.
After a verdict of a jury finding that Thomas L. Greeley was not of sound mind when he executed his last will, the petitioners for the probate of the will present exceptions saved in the course of the trial.
1. Whether the case should have been taken from the jury in consequence of the appearance of three newspaper articles published in the early days of the trial was a matter for the discretion of the judge presiding. Noble v. Mead-Morrison Manuf. Co. 237 Mass. 5, 16. Commonwealth v. Berley, 254 Mass. 556. Unless clearly wrong, his determination will not be disturbed. There is no evidence…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Carroll v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Noble v. Mead-Morrison Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Lane v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Whitney v. TwomblyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Beneficial Finance CompanyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Commonwealth v. GiacomazzaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Commonwealth v. CrehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Commonwealth v. CaritaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
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