Dockray v. O'Leary

The executor of the will of Michael J. Dockray, who was also a son of the testator, brought a petition in the Probate Court asking for instructions with regard to the disposition of certain personal property not specifically disposed of by the will or codicil. The will bequeathed certain property to each of his five children including a sum of money to his daughter Frances L. O’Leary who died before the testator, leaving two children, Charles O’Leary and James A. O’Leary, junior. About two months after her death the testator made a codicil to the will which recited the death of his daughter,…