Cantillon v. Walker

Under the will of Jane E. Owen, the appellant, Theresa Cantillon, was bequeathed the sum of $5,000 “if she is in my employ at the time of my decease and also in the event that she shall have left my employ through no fault of her own.” From the allowance by the Probate Court of the first and final account of the executors in May 1949, the appellant appealed and here presents exceptions to the dismissal of the appeal in the Supreme Court of Probate upon the granting of a motion to dismiss made by the executors.

The issue is whether the appellant is a “person aggrieved” by the decree of the…