Chase v. Thompson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two TRUSTEE PROCESSES. The New England Trust Company was summoned as trustee in each case. The cases were tried together in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Thompson, J., who discharged the trustee, and reported the cases for the determination of this court. The material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
These are actions upon notes made by the defendants and held by the plaintiffs respectively. It is found that the plaintiffs are entitled to recover. The New England Trust Company is summoned as trustee, and the only question presented by the report is whether it can be charged.
The facts are as follows. A decree of distribution made by the Probate Court, on September 27, 1886, ordered an administrator to pay a considerable sum to the defendant Hazen V. Thompson, among others. It also provided, following the language of the Pub. Sts. c. 144, § 16, that, if any of the' sums remained for six…
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