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Bernat v. Kivior

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided June 30, 1986PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

It is common ground among the parties that the resolution of the questions reported by the Probate Court judge (see G. L. c. 215, § 13) turns on whether Helen V. Kivior owns a life estate in the large rural tract in Savoy which is the object of controversy.

Whatever interest Helen has, she acquired under a deed dated May 10, 1963, from Walter Kivior. We proceed to analyze that instrument. Harrison v. Marcus, 396 Mass. 424, 428 (1985). The deed conveyed 207 acres and a dilapidated residence to Alice E. Hadala, Frances Vamo, Celia L. Bernat, *958and Mildred D. Lagowski as joint tenants. Following a…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Thayer v. ShoreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
  2. Corrigan v. O'BRIENMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  3. Harrison v. MarcusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
  4. Langlois v. LangloisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
  5. Allen v. LibbeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Hershman-Tcherepnin v. TcherepninMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  2. Braunstein v. Hajjar (In Re Hajjar)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2008
  3. Hershman-Tcherepnin v. TcherepninMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
  4. White v. JohnsonMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 2004
  5. In re FreemanUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2014

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