Legal Opinion
National Shawmut Bank v. Joy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 2, 1944PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
This petition, filed October 31, 1942, is brought by The National Shawmut Bank of Boston and Haven Parker as trustees under an indenture of trust under seal entered into by them as trustees with William W. Nicholls of Boston as settlor, dated March 12, 1936, for instructions as to the distribution of the trust property at the termination of the trust.
The evidence is reported, but the material facts are not in dispute. William W. Nicholls, who was born in England on October 24, 1860, migrated to Massachusetts with his mother and sister in 1872. He grew up in Boston, where he became a…
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