Legal Opinion
National Shawmut Bank v. Cumming
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 8, 1950PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The plaintiff bank is the surviving trustee under a declaration of trust, dated August 25, 1944, in which the bank and the settlor, William Gray Cumming, of Barre, Vermont, were named as trustees. The settlor died on August 19, 1947. The defendants are the settlor’s widow, Cora Mann Cumming, and the mother, brother, and three sisters of the settlor, and constitute all the surviving life beneficiaries under the trust instrument. This bill in equity seeks (1) the removal of a cloud upon the plaintiff’s title as trustee to the trust property, as well as upon the beneficial interests of the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Ross v. RossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Hutchison v. RossNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- National Shawmut Bank v. JoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Druzik v. Board of Health of HaverhillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Eaton v. EatonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Sadler v. Industrial Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
- First Natl. Bk. of Mount Dora v. Shawmut Bk. of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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