WRIGHT v. BENTTINEN


352 Mass. 495 (1967)

226 N.E.2d 194

HOBART TEMPLE WRIGHT & another vs. SHIRLEY J. BENTTINEN, guardian & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

May 2, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alton F. Lyon for the petitioners.

John R. Hally for the respondents.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., CUTTER, KIRK, & SPIEGEL, JJ.


KIRK, J.

The sole question presented for determination by this appeal from a decree of the Probate Court is the right of the petitioners under the fourteenth clause in the will of Louis F. Wright to share the title to certain real estate in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

The testator died on October 18, 1958. His will, executed on November 3, 1951, contained fourteen dispositive paragraphs. The first paragraph was a bequest...

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