Legal Opinion
Wigglesworth v. Cowles
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 24, 1995No. 93-P-765PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJacobs, J.
The plaintiff trustees under the will of Roxana C. Cowles petitioned the Probate Court in 1987, pursuant to G. L. c. 204, § 24, essentially seeking ratification of two acts of predecessor trustees which took place between 1957 and 1961 — the conveyance to a G. L. c. 180 corporation of land held in trust and the razing of certain structures located on that land.3 The defendant heirs of Roxana C. Cowles appeal from a decree of ratification. We affirm.
We take the pertinent facts from the agreed statement of the trustees and heirs and the exhibits filed with the Probate Court. Roxana C. Cowles…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- North Easton Co-operative Bank v. MacLeanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Myers v. SalinMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
- City of Boston v. CurleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Harrison v. MarcusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Shattuck v. Wood Memorial Home, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
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