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PHIPPS v. BARBERA

23 Mass. App. Ct. 1 (1986)

498 N.E.2d 411

JANICE E. PHIPPS, executrix, vs. KATHY BARBERA & others.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

October 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weld S. Henshaw (Alison J. Bell with him) for the plaintiff.

Matthew J. Dupuy for Kathy Barbera.

Present: BROWN, SMITH, & WARNER, JJ.

SMITH, J.

Marian E. Phipps died on October 13, 1982, and her will was admitted to probate in the Barnstable Probate and Family Court on January 21, 1983. She left a life estate in her home and its contents, including three paintings by William McGregor Paxton,2 to her half sister, Janice E. Phipps (Phipps). At Phipps' death, everything except the paintings would go to Kathy Barbera (Barbera), a cousin of the testatrix. The testatrix directed...

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