Legal Opinion
Gale v. Nickerson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 9, 1887PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
This is a petition to the Probate Court to revise and reverse a decree approving and allowing the will of John Nickerson. It is in its nature an application for a rehearing and new trial of the question of the probate of the will. The will was duly presented for probate, and was proved and allowed by the Probate Court in July, 1869. An appeal was taken, and in November, 1869, by consent of all parties, the decree of the Probate Court was affirmed by this court, and the case remitted to the Probate Court for further proceedings.
Our statutes make no provision for a new trial, or review, in case…
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