Legal Opinion
Forbes v. Snow
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 23, 1923PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRttgg, C.J.
Benjamin P. Cheney was adjudged a bankrupt and his trustee was appointed in 1918. His trustee brings this suit in equity to reach and obtain possession, for the benefit of the creditors of the bankrupt, of his interest in the estate of Benjamin P. Cheney, the elder of that name and hereafter called the testator. All persons in interest have been joined as parties. The testator died in 1895, leaving a will which was allowed by the Probate Court, and an appeal was taken from that decree by certain parties in interest to the Supreme Judicial Court. The controversy thus existing was compromised…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Bardes v. Hawarden BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Claflin v. ClaflinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Sears v. ChoateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Galbraith v. VallelySupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Clarke v. FayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
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3Cited by38 opinions
- National Shawmut Bank v. JoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Markham, etc v. FayCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Baltzell v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1925
- Ware v. GuldaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- Boyden v. StevensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
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