Eaton v. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
error to the supreme court op the state op MASSACHUSETTS'. The facts, which involve the construction and application of § 70 a (5) of the, Bankruptcy Act, and of the rights of the life tenant in a trust fund created under the laws of Massachusetts, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a bill for instructions, brought by the Trust Company, the principal defendant in error, to ascertain whether a fund bequeathed to it in trust for Mrs. Luke, codefendant in error, passed to her trüstee in bankruptcy-. The bequest was df severity-five thousand dollars, “The whole of the net income thereof to be paid my adopted daughter, Fannie Leighton Luke, wife of Otis H. Luke, of said Brookline during her life quarterly in each and every year tqgether with such portion of the principal of said trust fund ¿s shall make the amount to be paid her at least Three Thousand Dollars a year…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Nichols v. EatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Shelton v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Page v. EdmundsSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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- In Re FordUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · 1980
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