Allen v. Hunt
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on November 4, 1909, by the administrators de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of Samuel Nelson Hardy against the executor of the will of Ann Maria Hardy, who was the widow of Samuel Nelson Hardy, and a bank and a trust company, to determine whether certain deposits and certain shares of capital stock belonged to the estate of Samuel Nelson Hardy, and, if they did, to compel the payment of such deposits and the…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on November 4, 1909, by the administrators de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of Samuel Nelson Hardy against the executor of the will of Ann Maria Hardy, who was the widow of Samuel Nelson Hardy, and a bank and a trust company, to determine whether certain deposits and certain shares of capital stock belonged to the estate of Samuel Nelson Hardy, and, if they did, to compel the payment of such deposits and the transfer of such shares of stock to the plaintiffs as such administrators. In the Superior Court the case was referred to…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
By the terms of the will the widow took simply a life estate with a limited power of disposal so far as necessary for her personal and physical comfort and well being, but for no other purpose. Chase v. Ladd, 153 Mass. 126. Kent v. Morrison, 153 Mass. 137. Collins v. Wickwire, 162 Mass. 143. Price v. Bassett, 168 Mass. 598. Stocker v. Foster, 178 Mass. 591. Dana v. Dana, 185 Mass. 156, and cases cited. The bequest over was therefore valid.
As executrix of her husband’s estate the widow was bound to account to the Probate Court. She was chargeable with' what *279she received and was to be credited…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Kent v. MorrisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Collins v. WickwireMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- Green v. GaskillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Dana v. DanaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Stocker v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Jones v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Farquhar v. New England Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Jack v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1946
- Boyden v. StevensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Locke v. Old Colony Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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