¶1It is impossible to support any well-founded distinction between Quarles’s case and the case at bar. We are-all of opinion that, upon the facts stated, the tenant is entitled to judgment.
¶2 Demandants nonsuit
8 Mass. 142
Kenney v. Tucker
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 15, 1811
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1811-10-15
<p>Where a child, in consideration of a sum paid him by his father, by way of advancement, releases his claim to his share of the inheritance, although it may appear that the sum so paid was much less than his purparty of his father’s estate at his death would have been worth, it shall bar him of his share or purparty.</p>
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Decided 1811-10-15
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Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently December 1961
1 federal appellate · 14 state decisions
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