Hunting v. Safford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court for the County of Suffolk allowing the account of the trustees under the will of Mary J. Safford. The case was heard by Hammond, J., who reversed the decree of the Probate Court as to an item of $4,000, deciding that the transaction described in the opinion was not such a payment as would discharge the trustees from liability to Gladys Safford. The trustees appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Probate Court allowing the account of the trustees under the will of Mary J. Safford, deceased. Only a single question is before us, namely, whether the item claiming credit for $4,000 paid to “ Soledad B. Safford Parken and Leandro T. Safford, guardians, Gladys Safford for amount paid them on account of income collected to January 1, 1898,” shall be allowed. It is the duty of the trustees to pay income of the property in their hands to Margarita Safford and Gladys Safford, minor nieces of the testatrix, who resided in Florida. On the death of their…
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