Chase v. Chase
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal from a decree made by Lawton, J., in the Probate Court for the county of Middlesex, ordering the discharge of Kate B. Chase as the conservator of the estate of her husband Christopher C. Chase on the ground that the petitioner, said Christopher C. Chase, had become competent to manage his own estate and that such a conservator was no longer necessary.
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Appeal from a decree made by Lawton, J., in the Probate Court for the county of Middlesex, ordering the discharge of Kate B. Chase as the conservator of the estate of her husband Christopher C. Chase on the ground that the petitioner, said Christopher C. Chase, had become competent to manage his own estate and that such a conservator was no longer necessary. The appeal was heard by Be Courcy, J. The evidence, which is described in the opinion, was taken and reported by a commissioner appointed under Chancery Rule 35. The justice made a final decree ordering that the decree of the Probate…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The parties are husband and wife whose only offspring and heir is an infant son some six years of age. By reason of the husband’s advanced years and alleged mental weakness his wife was appointed the conservator of his property, but within less than four months, upon his petition, and after a contest by the wife, it was decreed, by the Probate Court, that he “had become and is now competent to manage his estate, and such conservator-ship is no longer necessary.” The conservator appealed to this court, and a single justice after a full hearing having entered a decree affirming the decree…
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