Balch v. Blagge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal, by Henry W. Blagge and Susan B. Samuels, from a decree of the Probate Court made on February 3, 1892, granting the petition of Francis V. Balch, administrator rie bonis non with the will annexed, of Henry Hatch, and ordering that a certain portion of the funds in their hands, as administrators de bonis non with the will annexed of Crowell Hatch, be paid to Balch, as administrator aforesaid.
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Appeal, by Henry W. Blagge and Susan B. Samuels, from a decree of the Probate Court made on February 3, 1892, granting the petition of Francis V. Balch, administrator rie bonis non with the will annexed, of Henry Hatch, and ordering that a certain portion of the funds in their hands, as administrators de bonis non with the will annexed of Crowell Hatch, be paid to Balch, as administrator aforesaid. Hearing before Barker, J., who, at the request of both parties, reserved the case on the petition, decree, order of distribution, and agreed statement of facts, for the full court. The facts appear…
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
It appears that Crowell Hatch, late of Roxbury in this Commonwealth, died in the year 1805, leaving three *145daughters and one son. By his will all his property was given in equal shares to the four children. Of his estate the appellants are administrators de bonis non with the will annexed. Of each of the three daughters there are descendants now living. The son, Henry Hatch, of whose estate the petitioner is administrator de bonis non with the will annexed, died, leaving a widow but no issue. He left by his will the residue of his estate to his widow, who never afterwards married. Crowell…
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