Legal Opinion

McCluskey

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided June 7, 1917PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal of Martin C. McCluskey, et als., from decree of Judge of Probate of Washington County to Supreme Court of Probate, removing said Martin C. McCluskey from the office of administrator of the estate of Charles T. McCluskey, of Danforth. Said appeal was entered at the May term of the Supreme Judicial Court for said county of Washington sitting as the Supreme Court of Probate.

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Appeal of Martin C. McCluskey, et als., from decree of Judge of Probate of Washington County to Supreme Court of Probate, removing said Martin C. McCluskey from the office of administrator of the estate of Charles T. McCluskey, of Danforth. Said appeal was entered at the May term of the Supreme Judicial Court for said county of Washington sitting as the Supreme Court of Probate. After the introduction of certain evidence, questions of law of sufficient importance having arisen, by consent of the parties the ease was reported to the Law Court upon so much of the evidence as legally admissible,…

1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.

This is an appeal from the decree of the Judge of Probate of Washington County removing one of the appellants from the office of administrator of the Estate of Charles T. McCluskey, deceased.

“William G. Spinney, the appellee, was for some time prior to May 25, 1912, the owner of a judgment against the deceased, Charles T. McCluskey, which amounted to something over six hundred dollars. On that date, McCluskey conveyed a farm, the only asset out of which that judgment could be satisfied, to his wife, Isabelle T. McCluskey,” by deed alleged by appellee to be “without any real consideration, and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Putney v. FletcherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
  2. Aiken v. MorseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
  3. Tarbell v. ParkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
  4. Clopton v. CloptonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Jameson v. Gregory's Ex'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1863

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Davis v. RobertsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1920
  2. Peters v. PetersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1927
  3. Estate of BlouinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
  4. Handley v. HilliardSupreme Court of Colorado · 1945

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