Legal Opinion

Watson v. Goldthwaite

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided July 27, 1962PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.

This is a petition by the executors of the will of Esther Dimick, late of Wellesley, who died on November 23, 1959, leaving a will which had been executed on March 30, 1949, for instructions as to the persons who will or may hereafter be entitled to share in the distributions of the net income of a trust created by article Fifth, subsection (a), of the will.

After three individual monetary legacies and a legacy of her jewelry to her executors, the testatrix provided that the rest, residue, and remainder of her estate be left to the persons who at the time of her death shall be serving as…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Jackson v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
  2. Lockhart's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  3. Best v. BerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
  4. Polsey v. NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
  5. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. ParkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Old Colony Trust Co. v. SillimanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  2. Dana v. GringMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  3. Hershman-Tcherepnin v. TcherepninMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  4. Worcester County National Bank v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
  5. Continental Illinois National Bank v. LlewellynAppellate Court of Illinois · 1966

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