Huntress v. Allen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two BILLS OE INTERPLEADER, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on December 21, 1904, by the trustees under the will of Patrick T. Hanley, late of Boston, to determiné the interests of the claimants of two separate funds created by the tenth article of that will respectively for the benefit of James F. Hanley and Frederick J. Hanley, sons of the testator. Both cases were referred to Charles E. Shattuck, Esquire, as master.
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Two BILLS OE INTERPLEADER, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on December 21, 1904, by the trustees under the will of Patrick T. Hanley, late of Boston, to determiné the interests of the claimants of two separate funds created by the tenth article of that will respectively for the benefit of James F. Hanley and Frederick J. Hanley, sons of the testator. Both cases were referred to Charles E. Shattuck, Esquire, as master. He filed a report to which certain objections and exceptions were taken. In the first case there was a final decree and an appeal therefrom, and the second case was reserved…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, J.
The plaintiffs state in their first bill that they are ready and willing to terminate the trust created by the tenth clause, so far as it relates to the interest of James F. Hanley, and offer to pay the same into court or to such persons as the court may order. All other legatees interested in the trust clause and Thomas Allen and the Karsch Brewing Company are parties to this proceeding.
The second suit is by the same plaintiffs in the same capacity, and joins the same parties as defendants. This bill states that Frederick J. Hanley, one of the beneficiaries under said will, died in May,…
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