LANE v. CRONIN


345 Mass. 52 (1962)

185 N.E.2d 635

THOMAS J. LANE vs. KATHERINE CRONIN, executrix, & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

October 31, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Molloy (James P. Brennan with him) for the respondents.

Thomas J. Lane, pro se, & George Karelitz submitted a brief.

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


WILLIAMS, J.

These are appeals by the executrix of the will of Edward J. Cronin, late of Peabody, and of Alice M. Cronin, a beneficiary under the will, from a decree of the Probate Court allowing the payment of $900 out of the estate to an attorney for compensation and expenses in connection with a petition for probate of a document alleged to be the last will of the testator. Probate was denied and the will disallowed.

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