Attorney General v. Brigham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Information in equity, filed October 3,1884, at the relation of a voluntary committee of citizens residing in the town of Hudson, against the executor of the will of Francis Brigham, his heirs at law, the Hudson Savings Bank, and the said town. The case was heard by Morton, C. J., and reported for the consideration of the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
The material facts in the case are as follows : In the years 1865 and 1866 a large number of individuals contributed money to create a fund for the erection of a monument to the soldiers who had died in the late war. A committee was appointed to have charge of the fund, and to erect a monument whenever it should, by accumulation, be sufficient therefor. Francis Brigham was one of the committee, and the treasurer thereof. He deposited the funds in the Hudson Savings Bank, in his name as “ Treasurer of Monument Association.” On July 11, 1877, the deposit amounted to about $2300, and on that day…
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