Robinson v. Cogswell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three bills in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court respectively on July 10, July 27 and August 3, 1905, the first by Helen R. Robinson against Charles F. Cogswell and Newbert J. Hall to compel them to provide a suitable and comfortable maintenance for the plaintiff as required by the will of Hannah Etta Cogswell, late of Brookline; the second by Charles F. Cogswell against Newbert J. Hall and others, praying that the plaintiff and the defendant Hall might be ordered…
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Three bills in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court respectively on July 10, July 27 and August 3, 1905, the first by Helen R. Robinson against Charles F. Cogswell and Newbert J. Hall to compel them to provide a suitable and comfortable maintenance for the plaintiff as required by the will of Hannah Etta Cogswell, late of Brookline; the second by Charles F. Cogswell against Newbert J. Hall and others, praying that the plaintiff and the defendant Hall might be ordered to sell the real estate numbered 9 and 11 on Centre Street in Brookline as directed by the will of Hannah Etta Cogswell…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
These three suits in equity were consolidated and heard together before a single justice, and reserved for the consideration of the full court. The last of them, which we will consider first, is a bill by an administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of Hannah E. Cogswell, late of Brookline, deceased, asking for instructions in the settlement of her estate. It is necessary to sell real estate to pay debts and charges of administration, and the first question is whether the legacy to Helen R. Robinson, the sister of the testatrix, of “ all moneys or estate that may be recovered in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cogswell v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Hall v. CogswellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
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