Legal Opinion
Pepper v. Old Colony Trust Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 2, 1928PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Probate Court for Suffolk County denying a petition to vacate a decree of that court which admitted to probate the will of Rufus E. Lawrence, purported to have been executed on April 22, 1922.
On December 20, 1922, the Old Colony Trust Company, as executor, filed a petition for the probate of the will, and on April 5,1924, after a full hearing at which the present appellant, then the contestant, was represented by counsel, the court entered a decree allowing the will, and the contestant appealed; the appeal was dismissed by the Probate Court on November…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Renwick v. MacomberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Burgess v. BurgessMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Wright v. MacomberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Fuller v. FullerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. WithingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Kennedy v. SimmonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- McLaughlin v. FeerickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Holyoke National Bank v. DulitzkyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Stephens v. LampronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Pepper v. Old Colony Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
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