Attorney General v. Olson

This is an appeal from a decree of the Probate Court for Plymouth County ordering the removal of the trustees under clause Fourth of the will of Henry Lawton Blanchard and the appointment of successor trustees. The evidence is reported and the judge made extensive findings of fact.

The challenged decree was entered on a petition brought by the Attorney General seeking the removal of the trustees. After the trustees’ appeal was entered in this court the Attorney General filed a brief in support of the decree. Shortly before the arguments the Attorney General (who was the successor in office to…