Legal Opinion
Binney v. Attorney General
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 20, 1927PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is a bill in equity for instructions brought by trustees under the will of Mary D. Whitney, who died in 1886. The case was reserved by a single justice of this court upon the bill, the answers, and an agreed statement of facts. The instructions sought relate to the duties of the trustees under the fourteenth clause of the will which is as follows:
“After the above willed division of my estate, should there be still property remaining, (to which would be added the legacy or legacies of any person or persons named in Article Twelfthly, not living at the time of my decease,) I wish it to…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Burlen v. ShannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Eustace v. DickeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Teele v. Bishop of DerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- White v. DitsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Bullard v. ChandlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Vaughn's Adm'r v. Louisville N. R. Co., Etc.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1944
- BuyarskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Witherington v. EldredgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Kirwin v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Davenport v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
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