Legal Opinion
Rosenbloom v. Kokofsky
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 2, 1977PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
This is an appeal from a Probate Court judgment determining the rights of the beneficiaries under the will of Warren T. Elliot (testator). The appeal challenges the judge’s conclusion that by virtue of G. L. c. 191, § 2, a legacy or devise to the spouse of a necessary subscribing witness is void. We granted direct appellate review. G. L. c. 211A, § 10 (A).
The testator executed a will in 1972, leaving all his property in equal shares to his three daughters, Jane A. Ely, Noreen Grant, and Frances Kokofsky. Mrs. Ely’s husband was one of the three subscribing witnesses to the will. The testator…
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