Legal Opinion
Allen v. First National Bank & Trust Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 5, 1946PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, C.J.
This is a petition brought in the Probate Court by Ruby May Allen against the trustee of a trust created by the will of Charles A. Marcy, late of Colrain — dated July 11, 1925, and allowed September 1, 1925'— praying that “said trust be determined and the principal fund be paid to your petitioner by said trustee discharged of all trust.”
The will contained, among others, the following provisions: “V. If my niece Ruby May Allen, is living at my decease, I give the First National Bank, of Greenfield, One Thousand Dollars, in trust, and direct said Bank to pay over to her the net income…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Claflin v. ClaflinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Sears v. ChoateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Second National BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Ames v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Welch v. Trustees of Episcopal Theological SchoolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Budin v. LevyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Springfield Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. StoopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Ryan v. McManusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Atwood v. First National Bank of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Gershaw v. GershfieldMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
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