Legal Opinion
Wilson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 5, 1977PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
The Attorney General appeals from decrees of a judge of the Probate Court for Worcester County appointing Mr. Thomas F. Donohue as successor trustee of certain charitable trusts. The cotrustees of these trusts had proposed Mr. Donohue to the judge for appointment; the Attorney General had proposed Mr. Richard N. LaSalle. It is the Attorney General’s contention that in the circumstances the judge was bound to appoint Mr. LaSalle. We do not accept the contention, and we affirm the decrees.
Lotta M. Crabtree died on September 25, 1924, leaving a will that set up a number of charitable trusts, of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Burbank v. BurbankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Cooney v. MontanaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- McCaskey's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
- Shattuck v. Wood Memorial Home, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Town of Brookline v. BarnesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Bruno v. BrunoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Loche v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1988
- In re the Trusts Under the Will of CrabtreeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. GrantMassachusetts Superior Court · 2006