Legal Opinion
Logan v. Driscoll
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 15, 1932PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.
Appeals are presented from orders of a probate court denying motions for the framing of issues to a jury. The appellants waive their appeals so far as they relate to the issues of the testamentary capacity of the decedent and of the legal execution of the will and codicil presented for probate. They contend that there was error in deny*452ing a jury trial upon the issue whether the execution of the will and of the codicil were “procured by the fraud or undue influence of Elizabeth Riley or any of them, exercised upon the” decedent.
The matter was heard upon oral statements of counsel for the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Shailer v. BumsteadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Fuller v. SylviaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Swift v. CharestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Taylor v. CallahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Cummins v. McCawleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Hannon v. GormanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Terry v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Connolly v. PhippsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Dayton v. GliddenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- First National Bank v. FrancisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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