Case Name: Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company vs. George A. Bennett & another
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1960-04-27
Citations: 340 Mass. 788
Docket Number: 
Parties: Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company vs. George A. Bennett & another.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 340
Pages: 788–788

Head Matter:
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company vs. George A. Bennett & another.
April 27, 1960.
Philip B. Buzzell, for the contestants.
Philip R. White, (Philip R. White, Jr., & Henry Wheeler with him,) for the proponent.

Opinion:
Order denying jury issues affirmed. This is an appeal from an order of the Probate Court denying a motion to frame jury issues in the matter of the proof of the will of Abigail S. Hodgdon. The motion was heard upon statements of expected evidence by counsel for the contestants, who are nephews of the deceased, and by counsel for the proponent. The only issue presented was that of soundness of mind. Considering the whole record and giving due weight to the decision of the judge, we are clearly of the opinion that there was no error in the denial of the motion. Cranston v. Hallock, 281 Mass. 182, 184. There likewise was no error in the denial of the contestants' motion to reopen the hearing because of the death of an expert witness.