Legal Opinion
Jose v. Lyman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 1, 1944PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDolan, J.
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing the petition seeking revocation of the decree entered in the Probate Court on June 23, 1938, allowing the first account of the respondent executors of the will of Jesse P. Lyman. The petition for revocation of the decree was filed on September 24, 1942.
The petition for revocation of the decree allowing the respondents’ first account is based on allegations of fraud and manifest error. See G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 206, § 24, in the form inserted by St. 1938, c. 154. This statute was in force at the time of the filing of the petition for revocation. The…
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