Legal Opinion

Sewall v. Wilmer

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 4, 1882PublishedCited by 84 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.

Frederic Tudor of Boston, who died in 1864, by his will, which was duly admitted to probate in this Commonwealth, devised the residue of his estate, real and personal, in trust to the use of his children in equal shares till their arrival at the age of twenty-one years or marriage within that age; and “ as to, for and concerning the share that shall hereunder be coming to ” any daughter at her marriage or coming of age, “ this to be held by said trastee in trust and to her use ” till such marriage or coming of age, then in trust to convey “ one half of her share,” together with half of any…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Blagge v. MilesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1841
  2. Harrison v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1835
  3. Funk v. EgglestonIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
  4. White v. . HicksNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
  5. Maryland Mutual Benevolent Society of the Improved Order of Red Men v. ClendinenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1876

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3Cited by84 opinions

  1. Graves v. SchmidlappSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Matter of New York Life Insurance and Trust CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
  3. Lincoln v. PerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
  4. Walker v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
  5. Gorey v. GuarenteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939

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