Legal Opinion
Pepper v. Old Colony Trust Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 11, 1929PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugo, C.J.
The main prayer of this petition is that the "decree made and entered in Suffolk Probate Court on April 5, 1924, admitting to probate the alleged will of Rufus E. Lawrence, be vacated.” Further incidental and general relief is sought, but that is all subsidiary to the one essential prayer. The long petition recites alleged newly discovered evidence as ground for the relief prayed for.
The facts pertinent to the grounds of this decision are:
An instrument purporting to be the will of Rufus E. Lawrence, deceased, late of Chelsea, with petition for its allowance, was presented to the Probate Court…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Exporters of Manufacturers' Products, Inc. v. Butterworth-Judson Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Central Land Co. v. LaidleySupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Long v. GeorgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Carilli v. HerseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Commonwealth v. MillenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Old Colony Trust Co. v. Third Universalist Society of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Adams v. SilvermanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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