Legal Opinion
Greater Providence Chapter, R.I. Ass'n of Retarded Citizens v. John E. Fogarty Foundation for the Mentally Retarded
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided March 13, 1985No. 82-475-AppealPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This probate appeal concerns a will in which the John E. Fogarty Foundation for the Mentally Retarded (the Foundation) was specifically named as the residuary legatee. The Greater Providence Chapter, R.I. Association of Retarded Citizens d.b.a. John E. Fogarty Center (the Center) has consistently but unsuccessfully contended, both in the Johnston Probate Court and again on appeal before a Superior Court justice, that the Center rather than the Foundation was the intended beneficiary.
In Edwards v. DeSimone, 105 R.I. 335, 345, 252 A.2d 327, 333 (1969), this court observed that when the…
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