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BILLINGS v. FOWLER

361 Mass. 230 (1972)

279 N.E.2d 906

KATHARINE FOWLER BILLINGS vs. WILLIAM PLUMER FOWLER & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

February 25, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Burton Powers (Harley M. Smith with him) for Katharine F. Billings.

William P. Fowler, pro se.

Paul B. Sargent, guardian ad litem, pro se.

John E. Rogerson (Neil R. Markson with him) for Richard Fowler & others.

Charles Y. Wadsworth & Timothy Dacey, III, for Charles Y. Wadsworth, guardian ad litem, submitted a brief.

Present: TAURO, C.J., CUTTER, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, & HENNESSEY, JJ.

CUTTER, J.

Mrs. Billings, by equity petition in the Probate Court, seeks declaratory relief concerning possible interests of her adopted daughter, Betty Jean Neilsen, in the residuary trust under the will of Mrs. Billings's mother, Susan Farnham Fowler (the testatrix), late of North Andover, who died February 16, 1928. Numerous possible beneficiaries under the will are named as parties. A separate guardian ad litem has been appointed for (a) a group of interested...

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