Legal Opinion
BD., SELECTMEN OF PROVINCETOWN v. Attorney Gen.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 12, 1983PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
This is a dispute between the inhabitants and the board of selectmen of the town of Provincetown (collectively the town) and President and Fellows of Harvard College (Harvard) over a devise of real estate in the will of Mabel Elliott Day. The material facts are undisputed and, together with the proceedings below, may be summarized as follows. Mrs. Day died on November 24, 1949, leaving a will which was allowed by the Probate Court for Barnstable County on February 28, 1950. The fifth clause of her will reads as follows:
“FIFTH: I give to the TOWN OF PROVINCE-TOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, my house and…
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