Legal Opinion
Meyerovitz v. Jacobovitz
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 2, 1928PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRijgg, C.J.
This is an appeal from a decree allowing the will of one David Jacobovitz. It comes before us on a report of the material facts made by the judge of probate, but without a transcript of the evidence.
The reported facts amply support the ultimate findings that the will was executed according to law, that the testator was of sound mind at the time the will was executed, and that its execution was not procured by fraud or undue influence. The facts need not be recited. No new principle of law is involved in holding that the findings cannot be reversed and must be accepted as true as matter of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Shailer v. BumsteadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Neill v. BrackettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Hoffman v. HoffmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Moffatt v. HeonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Allen v. GuarenteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Richards v. ForrestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Worcester Bank & Trust Co. v. EllisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Hertrais v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Knowles v. PerkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Durkheimer v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1940
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