WILLIAMS v. HOWARD


330 Mass. 323 (1953)

112 N.E.2d 247

HAROLD W. WILLIAMS, executor, vs. MORRIS MACAULEY HOWARD & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

June 18, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur M. Beale, for the respondents.

A. Van Allen Thomason, for the petitioner.

Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, WILKINS, WILLIAMS, & COUNIHAN, JJ.


LUMMUS, J.

Mary K. Cobb of Barnstable died testate on May 28, 1948. Her will contained many specific and pecuniary legacies and a devise of all her real estate. The residue was given to Mary Louisa Mihm and Charlotte Coombe Howell. Harold W. Williams, a lawyer, was named as executor, and was appointed on August 10, 1948. The inventory, filed on January 27, 1949, showed $57,099.16 in personalty, the bulk of which was in bank deposits, stocks, and bonds, and only $5...

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