Legal Opinion

Pine v. White

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 27, 1900PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Bill in EQUITY, by Harrington A. Pine, the Massachusetts Universalist Convention, and Frank W. Grinnell, trustee, against Edwin M. White and Fanny F. White to charge the said Edwin M. for delinquency in management of a trust under the following residuary clause of the will of James A. Pine.

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Bill in EQUITY, by Harrington A. Pine, the Massachusetts Universalist Convention, and Frank W. Grinnell, trustee, against Edwin M. White and Fanny F. White to charge the said Edwin M. for delinquency in management of a trust under the following residuary clause of the will of James A. Pine. “ After deducting the aforesaid expenditures, I give, bequeath, and devise all the residue of my estate to said Jeremiah L. Newton, his heirs and assigns, nevertheless in trust for the use and benefit of my son Harrington A. Pine during his natural life to be paid in the manner following, viz.: After…

1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.

This is a suit in equity to charge a trustee for delinquency in the management of the trust estate. It comes before us on a report which shows certain special findings of fact in favor of each of the parties, and a general finding that on the whole evidence there should be a decree for the defendants.

A brick house in Boston had belonged to Caroline Pine, who had died intestate on February 22, 1879, leaving her husband, James A. Pine, and two sons, Harrington A. Pine and Henry C. Pine, of Worcester. Harrington A. Pine conveyed his interest in the house to his father, James A. Pine, who died on…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. DickinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
  2. Brown v. FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
  3. Crowell v. KeeneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Cosmopolitan Trust Co. v. MitchellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
  2. Greenfield Savings Bank v. AbercrombieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
  3. Malden Trust Co. v. BrooksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
  4. Kimball v. WhitneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
  5. Ashley v. WinkleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911

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