Legal Opinion
Estate of Plummer
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 24, 1995PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Justice.
The residuary beneficiaries of the estate of Dorothy Plummer appeal from the judgment entered in the Cumberland County Probate Court (Childs, J.) allowing Daniel T. Haley, Jr.’s claim against Plummer’s estate for the purchase of her former residence. Because Haley’s claim does not violate the rule against unreasonable restraints on alienation, we affirm.
In the early 1980’s, when Plummer was selling some of her real estate, Daniel T. Haley, Jr., her long-time friend, expressed his interest in purchasing her Eastern Promenade residence. Plummer declined his invitation to sell.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Pongonis v. PongonisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992
- Tombari v. Blankenship-Dixon Co.Court of Appeals of Washington · 1978
- Tovrea v. UmphressCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1976
- Low v. SpellmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993
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