Legal Opinion

Estate of Utterback

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided March 3, 1987PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTS, Justice.

The residuary beneficiaries of a testamentary trust established by the testator, Lawrence B. Utterback, for the support of his widow, Florence Utterback, appeal from a Franklin County Probate Court judgment interpreting the testator’s will. 1 The residuary beneficiaries contend that the Probate Court erred when it excluded evidence of the testator’s oral statements of intent with respect to disposition of trust income and erred when it interpreted the will to require the trustee to pay from trust income a fixed percentage of Florence Ut-terback’s annual expenses without…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Wilson v. FlowersSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1971
  2. First Portland National Bank v. Kaler-Vaill Memorial HomeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1959
  3. Ziehl Ex Rel. Ziehl v. Maine National BankSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
  4. Estate of CushmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
  5. Estate of Peter C.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Schildberg v. SchildbergSupreme Court of Iowa · 1990
  2. Morrill v. MorrillSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998
  3. Lord v. Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1994
  4. Estate of WilsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2003
  5. Estate of DavisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2001

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