CLYMER v. MAYO


393 Mass. 754 (1985)

473 N.E.2d 1084

JOHN H. CLYMER, administrator, vs. JAMES P. MAYO, JR., & others (and two companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

January 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence S. Elswit (Todd L.C. Klipp with him) for trustees of Boston University.

Michael J. Michaeles for Clark University.

Peter L. Koff (Edward F. Lawson with him) for Joseph A. Weiss & another.

John H. Clymer, administrator, pro se.

George T. Shaw, guardian ad litem.

Peter A. Belmonte (Rita M. McGeary with him) for James P. Mayo, Jr.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, & NOLAN, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

This consolidated appeal arises out of the administration of the estate of Clara A. Mayo (decedent). We summarize the findings of the judge of the Probate and Family Court incorporating the parties' agreed statement of uncontested facts.

At the time of her death in November, 1981, the decedent, then fifty years of age, was employed by Boston University as a professor of psychology. She was married to James P. Mayo, Jr. (Mayo), from 1953 to...

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