FINGLAS v. SULLIVAN


333 Mass. 498 (1956)

131 N.E.2d 918

JOHN C. FINGLAS vs. ELIZABETH F. SULLIVAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

February 2, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Michelson, for the contestant.

William A. Torphy, for the proponent, submitted a brief.

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


QUA, C.J.

This is a petition for the probate of the alleged will of James E. Touhey, late of Fall River, filed by the person named as executor therein. The judge of probate allowed the will and made findings of material facts. The evidence is reported at length.

The judge found that the will was properly executed; that the deceased had testamentary capacity, and "understood what his property consisted of, and those relations who naturally had some claim on...

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