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Veazie v. Staples

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 27, 1941PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.

Fred W. Young of Lynn died intestate on February 10, 1939, leaving as heirs and next of kin only *124first cousins. The status of four of them is not questioned. The fifth, Bessie A. Clarkson, is admittedly the daughter, legitimate or illegitimate, of James Young, who was a brother of the father of the intestate, by a woman whose maiden name was Sarah F. Twombly. James Young as early as 1867 assumed the name of James Wright. The decisive question is whether Bessie A. Clarkson was a legitimate child of James Young alias Wright, and that depends upon whether her parents were lawfully married. The…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co. v. BigelowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  2. Glover v. Waltham Laundry Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  3. Berry v. KyesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  4. Harvey-Watts Co. v. Worcester Umbrella Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
  5. Sampson v. SampsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Lowell v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
  2. Malone v. WalshMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  3. Fiduciary Trust Co. v. MishouMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
  4. Pitman v. PitmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  5. New England Trust Co. v. Commissioner of Corporations & TaxationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944

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