Legal Opinion

Bucknam v. Bucknam

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 2, 1936PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.

Mary Helen Bucknam died on July 13, 1929, leaving a husband, a daughter and a son, the defend*215ant Robert Horton Bucknam, who was born on December 5, 1909. Half the residue of her estate was given by her will to the defendants George D. Burrage and State Street Trust Company, as trustees, in trust to expend “so much of the net income of said fund as is in their judgment necessary or proper for the education, maintenance or support of my said son” until he shall reach the age of twenty-five years. He reached that age on December 5, 1934. The will continued: “When my said son reaches the age of…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Gould v. GouldSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  2. Douglas v. WillcutsSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. Audubon v. ShufeldtSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  4. Broadway National Bank v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
  5. Wetmore v. . WetmoreNew York Court of Appeals · 1896

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3Cited by22 opinions

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