Legal Opinion
Butler v. Butler
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 13, 1916PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Probate Court upon the petition of Henry E. Butler, one of the administrators of the estate of Aaron Butler, deceased, to be allowed in his private capacity a claim against the estate of his intestate *24for board, care, etc., amounting to $1,560. In the Supreme Judicial Court two issues were framed for a jury and were sent to the Superior Court for trial. The jury in response to the first question answered that the petitioner had a valid claim against the estate of Aaron Butler for $1,560, and thereupon the second issue became immaterial.*
The intestate…
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