Legal Opinion
Weeks v. Pierce
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 22, 1932PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is a petition in equity, filed by the trustees under the will of John H. Pierce, praying instructions with reference to a present distribution of a portion of the principal of the trust to the residuary legatees, and with reference to certain accumulated income. The will and a-*113codicil are printed in the record. After making several specific bequests, including a gift to his daughter, Elsie Pierce, the testator gave all the rest, residue and remainder of his estate to trustees upon the following trusts: (1) an annuity of $300 a year to each of three persons; (2) “And in the event of the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Sears v. ChoateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Sears v. HardyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Parkhurst v. GinnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Richardson v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Jones v. GaneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. ParkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- National Shawmut Bank v. MoreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Robertson v. RobertsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Holmes v. WelchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Ames v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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