Skehill v. Abbott
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed July 24, 1902, by the widow of Patrick Skehill, against the children of her late husband by a former marriage, to establish a resulting trust in certain real estate in Watertown.
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Bill in equity, filed July 24, 1902, by the widow of Patrick Skehill, against the children of her late husband by a former marriage, to establish a resulting trust in certain real estate in Watertown. In the Superior Court Hardy, J. found that a resulting trust had been established, and made a decree that two fifths of the property on Royal Street in Watertown standing in the name of the late Patrick Skehill should be set apart for the sole use and benefit of the plaintiff by partition, or, if partition should not be practicable, that the whole property should be sold and two fifths of the…
1Opinion of the CourtLoking, J.
This is a bill in equity by a widow who claims an undivided two fifths interest in a parcel of land by way of a resulting trust. The title to the land was taken in the name of her husband, now deceased, but she .contributed $1,000 of the $2,500 which was paid for it. The judge who tried the case *146found these facts: The plaintiff was sixty years old, was not able to read or write, and was ignorant of business methods and the meaning of legal instruments. It was understood between the plaintiff and her husband that she should have the benefit of the $1,000 contributed by her to provide for her…
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