IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SOUTHWICK

No. 05-P-1146.

66 Mass. App. Ct. 740 (2006)

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NATHAN N. SOUTHWICK.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

July 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Renehan (Patrick M. Curran, Jr., with him) for James R. Julian.

Present: GRASSO, KAFKER, & GREEN, JJ.


GRASSO, J.

A judge of the Probate and Family Court reports the following question in connection with an application for allowance of the first and final accounting of the executor of an estate:

"Does [the attorney's] breach of professional duty rise to the level that it would invalidate the bequests to him as a devisee and legatee under the will of the decedent, thus precluding the allowance of the First...

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