Legal Opinion
Cassidy v. Shimmin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 23, 1877PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
The material facts of this case, as they appear by the report of Mr. Justice Ames, before whom the hearing Was had, are as follows :
John Parker, who died in 1840, by his will devised and bequeathed one sixth of his estate, real and personal, to his son in law, William Shimmin, and another, in trust, to pay the income thereof to his daughter, Eliza Shimmin, during her life, and after her death to her husband, William Shimmin, if he survived her, during his life, and, upon the death of the survivor of the two, to pay, distribute and convey the principal “to her heirs.” This sixth part was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Shields v. BarrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Noonan v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- West v. RandallU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island · 1820
- Sears v. HardyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Goodwin v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Coram v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
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