Hale v. Bowler
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three bills in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court, the first two on October 18,1911, and the third, as amended, on March 30, 1909, each of the first two bills being brought by a trustee under an alleged spendthrift trust for the benefit of the defendant George Pendleton Bowler, for instructions, and the third bill being brought by a creditor of the defendant George Pendleton Bowler, who held instruments purporting to be assignments of the income of such trusts and…
Read the full summary
Three bills in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court, the first two on October 18,1911, and the third, as amended, on March 30, 1909, each of the first two bills being brought by a trustee under an alleged spendthrift trust for the benefit of the defendant George Pendleton Bowler, for instructions, and the third bill being brought by a creditor of the defendant George Pendleton Bowler, who held instruments purporting to be assignments of the income of such trusts and sought to reach and apply such income to the payment of the debt due to her from that defendant. The first two cases were…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
Each one of these cases depends upon the question whether the trust funds mentioned in the first two cases respectively are held upon valid spendthrift trusts in favor of George P. Bowler, so that the income could not be disposed of or alienated *356by him, and could not be attached at law or reached in equity by his creditors, before it should be received by himself. This again, as to- each one of the trusts under consideration, depends upon whether that trust was created by himself out of his own property or whether it was created by another out of property in which George at the creation of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Broadway National Bank v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- Silver v. GravesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Clarke v. FayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Pacific National Bank v. WindramMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- Alexander v. McPeckMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
6 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by7 opinions
- Codman v. DumaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. CollierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Bucknam v. BucknamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Westfield Savings Bank v. LeaheyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Tilcon Capaldi, Inc. v. FeldmanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.