Legal Opinion
New England Merchants National Bank v. Groswold
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 5, 1983PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
This appeal concerns whether the defendant Diane Begin Hebert, the adopted daughter of a beneficiary of two trusts created by Annie Knapp Hardy, is entitled to a share of the distribution of the trust assets. We hold that she is not.
The pertinent facts are as follows. Annie Knapp Hardy died in 1942. By her will, executed in 1931 and amended by codicils in 1938 and 1939, and by an inter vivas instrument executed in 1938 to be administered in Suffolk County, she created two trusts. The income from these trusts was to be distributed to certain named relatives and, upon the death of the last…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Hormel v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Lalli v. LalliSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Labine v. VincentSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Sewall v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Lowell v. KowalskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Callan v. WintersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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