Blake v. Ward
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court, granting a petition that an administrator’s account might be opened. Hearing before Field, J., who reported the case for the consideration of the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtColburn, J.
It appears in this case, that William H. Ward, of whose estate William S. Leland was administrator, was, at the time of his decease, a partner in the firm of N. Ward and Company, the surviving partners being Francis J. Ward and Sylvester L. Ward, the appellants in this case. Leland, as administrator, compromised and settled the interest of his intestate in said firm with the surviving partners, duly accounted for all that he received, rendered a final account of his administration, which was duly allowed in the Probate Court, and has since died.
Ellsworth T. Buss was appointed administrator de…
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