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CONNECTICUT JUNIOR REPUBLIC v. DOHERTY

20 Mass. App. Ct. 107 (1985)

478 N.E.2d 735

CONNECTICUT JUNIOR REPUBLIC & others vs. PAUL S. DOHERTY & others.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

May 28, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Grossi (Paige Dunmire with him) for the plaintiffs.

Erik Lund (Edward L. Donnellan & John Egan with him) for the defendants.

Present: PERRETTA, KASS, & WARNER, JJ.

KASS, J.

Eight charities complain that a lawyer's error in drafting a codicil cost them $1,305,060 in bequests. A judge of the Superior Court, who heard the case without a jury, determined that, to the extent the lawyer erred, the testator consciously ratified the mistake, thus relieving the draftsman of liability. We affirm.

Here are the background facts. Richards Haskell Emerson executed a will on May 19...

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