Richardson v. Adams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, praying that the defendant be ordered to pay over to the plaintiff one seventh of a fund held by him under the following declaration of trust: “ Whereas, I have this day received from George Higginson, Esq., the sum of forty-three thousand six hundred and ninety-seven dollars and in cash, — Now I hereby declare that I hold the same.upon the following trusts: “ First: to invest, hold, and manage the same as a trust fund, and to pay over the net income equally…
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Bill in equity, praying that the defendant be ordered to pay over to the plaintiff one seventh of a fund held by him under the following declaration of trust: “ Whereas, I have this day received from George Higginson, Esq., the sum of forty-three thousand six hundred and ninety-seven dollars and in cash, — Now I hereby declare that I hold the same.upon the following trusts: “ First: to invest, hold, and manage the same as a trust fund, and to pay over the net income equally one sixth each to Mary Ann Pratt, Chas. Henry Richardson, Rosa Bella Wilkins, Anna Rebecca Currier, Boring Solomon…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The declaration of trust describes the beneficiaries by name, and speaks of them as “ the only living children of the late Alfred Richardson,” and provides that each is to receive one sixth of the net income during life, and after death one sixth of the capital is to go to his or her children, if any, and in default of issue, then equally to the surviving brothers and sisters. So far as the declaration of trust goes, nothing could be plainer than the persons for whose benefit the trust is declared, and it was competent for the presiding justice to find *449on the evidence before him, and for…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Page v. HigginsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- German American Insurance v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
- Loud v. BarnesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
3Cited by8 opinions
- Kidder v. GreenmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Gorey v. GuarenteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Berman v. SandlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Coolidge v. LoringMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Putnam v. PutnamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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