Holmes v. Holmes
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on September 25, 1903, by the legal heirs by blood of William D. Holmes, late of Braintree, against Ever M. Holmes, the widow of William D. Holmes, and George H. Mellen the trustee under the will of William A. Holmes, the father of William D. Holmes, praying that the defendant Mellen as trustee under the will of William A. Holmes might be ordered to account to the plaintiffs and that both the defendants might be. ordered to…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on September 25, 1903, by the legal heirs by blood of William D. Holmes, late of Braintree, against Ever M. Holmes, the widow of William D. Holmes, and George H. Mellen the trustee under the will of William A. Holmes, the father of William D. Holmes, praying that the defendant Mellen as trustee under the will of William A. Holmes might be ordered to account to the plaintiffs and that both the defendants might be. ordered to transfer and convey to the plaintiffs all the property both real and personal belonging to the trust created by…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
William A. Holmes died on August 21, 1897, testate, leaving both real and personal estate. He devised and bequeathed all his property to a trustee to whom he gave full control and power of management, with authority to continue a business formerly carried on by the testator. He then directed the trustee “ to pay over to my wife Ellen 0. Holmes and to my son William D. Holmes, each the sum of fifty dollars ($50) on the last day of each and every month for the period of five years after my decease, allowing the remainder of said income, if any, to • accumulate and become a part of the principal…
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- Lincoln v. PerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
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- Green v. GaskillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
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