Legal Opinion

New England Merchants National Bank v. Mason

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 9, 1966PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.

The trustee under the will of Edward H. Norton, who died in 1911, seeks instructions concerning the distribution of property held in trust under art. 12 for the benefit of Josephine Norton and others. The case has been reserved for the determination of this court upon the pleadings and a statement of agreed facts.

*266By art. 12, the testator left the residue of his estate to George W. Norton in trust for ten years to pay $300 a year to each of two of the testator’s daughters, Mary E. Cough-lin and Josephine Norton. The balance of the income was to be accumulated. - At the end of ten years, the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Metcalf v. First Parish in FraminghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
  2. Loring v. ClappMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
  3. Lyman v. SohierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  4. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. SchmittMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
  5. National Shawmut Bank of Boston v. ZinkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Cape Cod Bank & Trust Co. v. Cape Cod HospitalMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1975
  2. Redstone v. O'ConnorMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
  3. Fiduciary Trust Co. v. State Street Bank & Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971

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