GORDON v. GORDON


332 Mass. 197 (1955)

124 N.E.2d 228

MINERVA GORDON & others vs. HAROLD B. GORDON & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

February 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel E. Angoff, (Robert D. Manning with him,) for the respondent Sarah G. Lewitsky.

Stuart Macmillan, (Lewis L. Wadsworth, Jr., & Beatrice H. Mullaney with him,) for the respondent Harold B. Gordon.

Lee M. Friedman, for the petitioners.

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


WILKINS, J.

Joseph Gordon of Attleboro died in 1943, survived by a widow, who has since died, and five daughters and a son. This petition by four daughters seeks a binding determination as to whether the son Harold, a respondent, has lost rights under the will by reason of paragraph 14 thereof, which provides: "If any of my said children shall marry a person not born in the Hebrew faith, then I hereby revoke the gift or...

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