True Real Estate Co. v. True
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Bill in equity brought by the plaintiff company against the defendants as trustees under a certain trust deed executed and delivered by DeCarterett True, praying for an accounting and seeking also to enforce payment to the plaintiff company as assignee of the three children of DeCarterett True, said children being beneficiaries under said trust deed, said children having given separate assignments, for the sum of five thousand dollars each to the plaintiff, of certain funds…
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Bill in equity brought by the plaintiff company against the defendants as trustees under a certain trust deed executed and delivered by DeCarterett True, praying for an accounting and seeking also to enforce payment to the plaintiff company as assignee of the three children of DeCarterett True, said children being beneficiaries under said trust deed, said children having given separate assignments, for the sum of five thousand dollars each to the plaintiff, of certain funds in the custody of the defendants as such trustees. Defendants demurred to the pláintiff’s bill. The demurrer was…
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
Bill in equity to compel the defendants, as trustees under a trust deed executed and delivered to them by DeCarterett True July 5th, 1900, to deliver to the plaintiff, as assignee of the cestuis que trustent, $15,000 of the trust funds with interest from date of the demand therefor.
The defendants’ demurrer to the bill was overruled, and thereupon they filed their answer, and after a hearing upon the bill and answer, the sitting Justice entered a decree in the plaintiff’s favor *536for the relief prayed for. From that decree the defendants appealed.
The trust deed in question transferred both real…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hollis v. LawtonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Varner v. Young'sSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
- Frosch v. WalterSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
3Cited by4 opinions
- Davis v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1943
- MurraySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1946
- Wight v. MasonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1935
- First National Bank v. DeWolfeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1936