Stearns v. Inhabitants of Brookline
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, under St. 1909, c. 490, Part I, § 77, by the trustees under the will of Richard H. Stearns, late of Hull in the county of Plymouth, appealing from the refusals of the assessors of the town of Brookline to abate a portion of the taxes assessed to the petitioners as such trustees for the years 1911 and 1912. In the Superior Court the case was submitted to King, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, which included the following facts and also those that are stated in…
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Petition, under St. 1909, c. 490, Part I, § 77, by the trustees under the will of Richard H. Stearns, late of Hull in the county of Plymouth, appealing from the refusals of the assessors of the town of Brookline to abate a portion of the taxes assessed to the petitioners as such trustees for the years 1911 and 1912. In the Superior Court the case was submitted to King, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, which included the following facts and also those that are stated in the opinion: In 1911 and 1912 the petitioners filed with the assessors of the respondent within the time required by…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The paroi agreement between the testator and the other members of the firm of R. H. Stearns and Company that *240in the event of his death the firm should continue and he would make arrangements “so that his estate, after his death, should take the same place in the firm which he had had while living, and under the same terms and conditions,” formed part of the articles of copartnership. Buffum v. Buffum, 49 Maine, 108, 109. If this contract had been broken by the refusal of his personal representatives to enter the firm in his place, the estate could have been subjected to a suit for damages.…
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