Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Cassidy

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided November 25, 1922PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDunn, J.

Mr. John Cassidy created a testamentary trust embracing his entire estate, both his will and a codicil having relation to the subject. By the will he invested a discretionary power in trustees to pay annuities, none in excess of four thousand dollars, for support and maintenance, so long as any of his children should live. Immediately following this provision in that document is a paragraph in these words:

“In the event that any of the beneficiaries do not draw yearly to the amount of four thousand dollars, then the Trustee shall retain the remainder yearly, and give credit to the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of DowsNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
  2. In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of HoffmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
  3. Billings v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
  4. In Re the Estate of RooseveltNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
  5. Howe v. HoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Estate of MeierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1949
  2. MacDonald v. StubbsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1946
  3. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1955
  4. Stetson v. JohnsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1963
  5. FIRST MANUFACTURERS NATIONAL BANK OF LEWISTON AND AUBURN v. JohnsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1965

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