Legal Opinion
In the Matter of the Richard E. Howard Trust.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 26, 2025No. 23-P-889Published
1Opinion of the Court
APPEALS COURT
IN THE MATTER OF THE RICHARD E. HOWARD TRUST.[1]
Docket:
23-P-889
Dates:
October 2, 2024 – August 26, 2025
Present:
Massing, Henry, & Grant, JJ.
County:
Barnstable
Keywords:
Trust, Charitable trust, Public trust, Cy pres. Probate Court, Standing. Devise and Legacy, Charitable trust. Attorney General. Practice, Civil, Motion to dismiss.
Petition filed in the Barnstable Division of the Probate and Family Court Department on January 12, 2022.
A motion to dismiss was heard by Angela M. Ordoñez, J.
Eric Carriker, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General.
Lawrence D. Hunt for the…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Schaer v. Brandeis UniversityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Sullivan v. Chief Justice for Administration & Management of the Trial CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Teele v. Bishop of DerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Jackson v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- In the Matter of TroyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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