IN RE HALEY'S ESTATE


84 A.2d 808 (1951)

In re HALEY'S ESTATE. Appeal of CROCKETT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

November 27, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Titcomb & Siddall, Sanford, for appellant.

Arthur A. Greene, North Conway, N. H., for legatees.

Lausier & Donahue, Biddeford, for Winn E. Broughton, sole heir at law.

Before MURCHIE, C. J., and THAXTER, FELLOWS, MERRILL, NULTY and WILLIAMSON, JJ.


MERRILL, Justice.

On exceptions. Sumner O. Haley, a resident of York County, died June 8, 1950, leaving an instrument purporting to be his last will and testament. By this will he disposed of an estate amounting to some $96,000. His sole heir was a first cousin, Winn Broughton, otherwise known as Winn E. Broughton. By the will he left him a token bequest of $100. He also left the sum of $500 to Flora D. Palmer, who had been his housekeeper for some forty-eight years...

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