Haskell v. Manson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill nsr equity, filed in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk on March 23, 1908, by Adeline L. Haskell, administratrix of the estate of Waldo C. Haskell, late of Boston, against the executors of the will of Jacob M. Haskell, of whom she was one, seeking to enforce payment of certain non-negotiable promissory notes made by the defendants’ testator and payable to the plaintiff’s intestate.
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Bill nsr equity, filed in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk on March 23, 1908, by Adeline L. Haskell, administratrix of the estate of Waldo C. Haskell, late of Boston, against the executors of the will of Jacob M. Haskell, of whom she was one, seeking to enforce payment of certain non-negotiable promissory notes made by the defendants’ testator and payable to the plaintiff’s intestate. The case was heard by Fox, J., a commissioner having been appointed to take the evidence. The material facts are stated in the opinion. The judge made the following memorandum of his decision: “It is…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This is a bill in equity to recover the *601amount of five non-negotiable promissory notes, called in the bill evidences of indebtedness, which were signed by Jacob M. Haskell and made payable to his son Waldo C. Haskell, with interest at seven per cent. The son died on February 1, 1906, and the father died on the fourth day of November in the same year. The father left a will in which his partner, Albert C. Manson, his wife Adeline L. Haskell, and his daughter Adeline M. Haskell, were named as executors. The first of these notes, which was more -than thirteen times as much in amount as all the…
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