Griffin v. Kitchen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on February 27, 1911, and afterwards amended, by the son of Benjamin W. Griffin, late of Rockport, who was the residuary legatee under his will, against Effie A. Davis, a sister of the testator’s widow, who was the plaintiff’s stepmother, and other persons who, the plaintiff alleged, fraudulently had procured that the testator’s widow just before her death should transfer to them much of. the personal estate of the testator which,…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on February 27, 1911, and afterwards amended, by the son of Benjamin W. Griffin, late of Rockport, who was the residuary legatee under his will, against Effie A. Davis, a sister of the testator’s widow, who was the plaintiff’s stepmother, and other persons who, the plaintiff alleged, fraudulently had procured that the testator’s widow just before her death should transfer to them much of. the personal estate of the testator which, with all the rest of his estate, by the terms of his will had been given to her “during her natural life for her…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
Clara M. Griffin under the will of her husband, Benjamin W. Griffin, was given a life estate for her support, comfort and enjoyment or for any other purpose for which she may deem it necessary to use it, with “full power during her life time, to sell in her sole and individual name, or dispose of in any way she may deem necessary, . . . any or all my said personal or real estate.” Hale v. Marsh, 100 Mass. 468. Welsh v. Woodbury, 144 Mass. 542. American Baptist Publication Society v. Lufkin, 197 Mass. 221. All the property which should remain at the death of the wife was given to the plaintiff.
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lovett v. FarnhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Dana v. DanaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Stocker v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Hale v. MarshMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Welsh v. WoodburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
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