TOWNSEND v. WOOD


342 Mass. 481 (1961)

174 N.E.2d 420

BLANCHE L. TOWNSEND vs. FELICIA WOOD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 28, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brooks Potter, (Henry G. Weaver, Jr., with him,) for the respondent.

Moses M. Frankel, for the petitioner.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WILLIAMS, WHITTEMORE, & CUTTER, JJ.


SPALDING, J.

This appeal is from a decree in the Probate Court granting a widow's allowance of $15,000 to Blanche L. Townsend, widow of Willis M. Townsend who died testate on November 11, 1959. The award was made after an ex parte hearing at which only counsel for the widow and the executors were present. The appellant (the daughter of the deceased) is the life beneficiary of a residuary trust established under the will.

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