Bremer v. Williams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on November 21, 1910, and amended on February 14 and March 17, 1911. The bill, as substituted by the second amendment, is described in the opinion, where also the grounds of the defendants’ demurrer are stated. The case came on to be heard before Loring, J., on an agreement of the plaintiff to abide by the bill substituted by his second amendment and.to have the bill dismissed if the demurrer was sustained.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on November 21, 1910, and amended on February 14 and March 17, 1911. The bill, as substituted by the second amendment, is described in the opinion, where also the grounds of the defendants’ demurrer are stated. The case came on to be heard before Loring, J., on an agreement of the plaintiff to abide by the bill substituted by his second amendment and.to have the bill dismissed if the demurrer was sustained. At the request of both parties the justice reserved the case for determination by the full court. The case was submitted on briefs at…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a suit in equity brought on November 21, 1910, by trustees under the will of Francis W. Sayles against trustees under the will of Thomas Haviland. Its purpose is to recover $886.60 paid from moneys of the Sayles Trust on July 15, 1902, by Charles F. Berry, who was then the sole trustee under each will, for taxes due from the Haviland trust. Berry was an embezzler from several estates of which he was trustee. His wrongdoing was not discovered until March, 1905. But it is alleged in the bill that the plaintiffs did not know of the fraudulent use of the money of the Sayles trust for the…
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