Legal Opinion
Hogarth-Swann v. Steele
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 26, 1936PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The petitioners, who are executors of the will of Julia F. Burleigh, have brought this petition in equity in the Probate Court praying that an account in the respondent savings bank.in the name "Julia F. Burleigh Trustee for Gay F. Steele” be decreed to belong to the estate of their testatrix. A judge of the Probate Court has reported the case on facts which were not in dispute for the determination of the question whether Julia F. Burleigh made a valid declaration of trust of the account for the benefit of the respondent Steele.
The petitioners’ testatrix in December, 1931, transferred an…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gerrish v. New Bedford Institution for SavingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Brabrook v. Boston Five Cents Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Battles v. Millbury Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Clark v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Cleveland v. Hampden Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Greeley v. FlynnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Salvio v. SalvioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- Aronian v. AsadoorianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Cohen v. Newton Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
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