REILLY v. McAULIFFE


331 Mass. 144 (1954)

117 N.E.2d 811

MADELEINE L. REILLY vs. JAMES A. McAULIFFE & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

February 26, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward O. Proctor, for the petitioner.

Edward H. Stevens, (Eben G. Townes with him,) for the respondents.

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


SPALDING, J.

This case comes here on the petitioner's appeal from a decree disallowing an instrument purporting to be a codicil to the will of Mary A. Donovan, late of Brockton. The judge made findings of material facts and the evidence is reported.

The facts are in substance these. On August 4, 1948, Mary A. Donovan, hereinafter called the testatrix, executed her will. There was no contest with respect to this instrument...

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