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WALSH v. GILLESPIE

338 Mass. 278 (1959)

154 N.E.2d 906

DOROTHY AUSTIN WALSH vs. CORA GILLESPIE, executrix, & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

January 8, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jules E. Angoff & Walter J. Hurley, for the petitioner.

Levin H. Campbell, (Patricia A. Wilbert with him,) for the respondents Thomas and others.

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

SPALDING, J.

On May 24, 1950, Florence I. Treet, late of Medford (hereinafter called the testatrix), made a will in which she gave to Cora Gillespie and Dorothy Austin Walsh "all Du Pont Stock that I may have at the time of my death, in equal shares, share and share alike." On August 15, 1955, because of the advanced age and mental weakness of the testatrix, J. Howard Macaulay was appointed temporary conservator of her property by the Probate Court for Middlesex County...

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