Legal Opinion
Whitney v. Whitney
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 16, 1944PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDolan, J.
This action of contract is brought to recover $1,000 under an alleged contract described below. A judge *254of the District Court found for the plaintiff. Upon report to the Appellate Division an order was entered dismissing the report, and the defendant appealed.
The following facts are disclosed by the evidence: The defendant’s testator was the father of John E. Whitney, Edward C. Whitney, Francis W. Whitney and Estelle M. Whitney. He survived his wife, who was the mother of these children. By a will dated August 17, 1929, she devised her “land and buildings” located on Fern Street, in…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Claflin v. ClaflinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Rice v. WoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Corkery v. DorseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Jose v. LymanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Hayes v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
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3Cited by13 opinions
- United States v. Howard W. YoungCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- Springfield Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. StoopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Ryan v. McManusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Allen v. First National Bank & Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Gershaw v. GershfieldMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
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