Legal Opinion

In re Allen

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 15, 1818PublishedCited by 30 opinions

The facts in this case will appear in the following opinion of the Court, as pronounced by

1Opinion of the CourtParker, C. J.

The petitioner, as executor of the last will and testament of Jeremiah Allen, Esq., deceased, prays for a license to sell so much of the real estate of his said testator as will raise the sum certified, by the judge of probate, to be due from the estate of the deceased, over and above the personal estate which came into the petitioner’s hands as executor, and an additional sum, to form a capital, from the interest of which he may pay certain annuities, created by tii said last will and testament.

*61The petitioner is sole executor, and one of three residuary legatees and devisees of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Emerson v. ThompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1820
  2. Brown v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1816
  3. Thompson v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1819
  4. Scott v. HancockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1816

3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Mooers v. WhiteNew York Court of Chancery · 1822
  2. Trecothick v. AustinU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1825
  3. Montgomery v. First National BankMontana Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Griswold v. BigelowSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1826
  5. Thompson v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1819

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