Legal Opinion
Springfield Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Ireland
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 26, 1929PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.
This is an appeal from a final decree of the Probate Court upon a petition for instructions, presented by the Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Company, trustee under the will of Solomon Jones Gordon, who died in 1891 at the age of sixty-four.
The testator, an attorney at law, by will dated May 17, 1881, gave his wife, Rebecca Ames Gordon, the use and income of his entire property for life; and established upon her death a trust of all his estate to pay the net income to his only child, Jeannie Gordon Ireland (designated in the will as Jeannie Gordon), during her life, free from all claims of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gray v. WhittemoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Clarke v. FayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Crapo v. PriceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Thomson v. LudingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Bundy v. United States Trust Co. of New YorkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Merchants National Bank v. CurtisSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1953
- Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Porotto v. Fiduciary Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Second Bank-State Street Trust Co. v. Second Bank-State Street Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
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