Legal Opinion
New England Trust Co. v. Wood
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 6, 1950PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
This is a petition for instructions by the trustee under the will of Ezra Johnson Davee, late of Plymouth. The probate judge after hearing reserved and. reported the evidence and all questions of law to this court. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 215, § 13.
Davee was born in Plymouth about 1823. At the age of twenty he went to Smyrna, Turkey, where he engaged in business and remained the greater part of his life. For approximately twenty years he was the American vice-consul at Smyrna. In 1912 he died there a citizen of the United States, leaving no issue and a widow, born Amelia Gout, whom he had married…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Sewall v. WilmerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- Gray v. WhittemoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Fiduciary Trust Co. v. MishouMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Minot v. PaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Hogarth-Swann v. WeedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Second Bank-State Street Trust Co. v. Second Bank-State Street Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Second Bank-State Street Trust Co. v. WestonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- American Institute of Architects v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
- Old Colony Trust Co. v. Board of Governors of the Belleville General HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Warner v. WhitmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
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