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Dill v. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 28, 1961PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.

This is a petition in equity (see Gr. L. c. 215, § 6) by four of the persons interested in a trust fund under an indenture of trust executed in 1927 by Joshua Dill. The trustee has distributed part of the principal of the trust fund to one beneficiary, Janet Dill Morton. The petitioners assert that the distribution to Janet was prematurely made and pray that the trustee be ordered to restore to the trust fund the amount distributed. A guardian ad litem was appointed.

The probate judge entered a decree that the trustee need “not restore any sum . . . to the . . . trust fund” and dismissed the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Anderson v. BeanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
  2. Warren v. PazoltMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  3. New England Trust Co. v. PaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
  4. Bleck v. East Boston Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  5. National Shawmut Bank v. MoreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Demoulas v. Demoulas Super Markets, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
  2. James M. Morrissey, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Appellants v. Martin Segal and Leon Karchmer, Defendants-Appellants-Appellees, Joseph CurranCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
  3. Lechmere Tire & Sales Co. v. BurwickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
  4. Abbott v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
  5. Axelrod v. NA" JIM" GIAMBALVOAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984

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