Sweet v. Dutton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, against Horace Dntton and Martha S. Dutton, alleging that Martha G. Sweet, the plaintiff’s daughter, on December 24,1868, entered into an indenture with the plaintiff, by which she conveyed to him “ all the property, both real and personal, of which I am now seised, or to which I am in any way entitled either in law or equity,” in trust to pay the net income to her during her life, free from the control of any future husband she might have, and on her death…
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Bill in equity, against Horace Dntton and Martha S. Dutton, alleging that Martha G. Sweet, the plaintiff’s daughter, on December 24,1868, entered into an indenture with the plaintiff, by which she conveyed to him “ all the property, both real and personal, of which I am now seised, or to which I am in any way entitled either in law or equity,” in trust to pay the net income to her during her life, free from the control of any future husband she might have, and on her death to pay over and transfer all the property in his hands to such persons as she should by her last will or other instrument…
1Opinion of the CourtChapman, C. J.
By an indenture made between the "plaintiff and his daughter, Martha G. Sweet, on December 24, 1868 *591she conveyed to him in trust all her property, to be held by him during her life, and to pay the income to her, free from the control and interference of any future husband she might have. Upon her death he was to pay over and transfer all the property in his hands to such person as she should by her last will or other instrument in writing appoint, and in default of such will or appointment, then to convey and pay over the said trust property to her heirs at law. The instrument purports to…
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