Legal Opinion
Old Colony Trust Co. v. Porter
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 16, 1949PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.
The first case is a petition filed in the Probate Court for the county of Suffolk on November 12, 1947, by Old Colony Trust Company describing itself as the executor and trustee named in the will of Virginia Fildes Simonds, late of Boston, and by Daniel Simonds, who purports to appear in his own name but as next friend for his minor children, not named in the petition, who are alleged to be beneficiaries under the will. The petition bears the caption óf a libel for divorce previously filed in the same Probate Court by Charles E. Porter against Gertrude E. Porter. The petition purports to be…
2Cases cited62 opinions
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Sherrer v. SherrerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Coe v. CoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Matter of LindgrenNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
- Hendrick v. WhittemoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Shammas v. ShammasSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1952
- Georgia Slessinger v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Carpenter v. CarpenterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
- Harker v. City of HolyokeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Fiorentino v. Probate CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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