· 12/10/1970
Porreca v. Gaglione
Citations
- 265 N.E.2d 348
- 358 Mass. 365
How courts have described this case
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- affirming the admission of “parol evidence” to prove that a trust instrument was a sham
- extrinsic evidence is not barred “because the defendants attempt not to vary or contradict [the trust’s] terms but, rather, to challenge its very existence”
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Judges: Kirk, Quirico, Reardon, Spalding, Tauro
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