Gardner v. Skinner
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on December 14, 1906, by the trustee under an indenture of trust dated June 8, 1867, between John L. Gardner and his daughter Eliza B. Gardner, afterwards Eliza B. Skinner, as settlors and the plaintiff as trustee, for instructions. The terms of the trust and the prayers of the bill are stated in the opinion, as also are the material facts.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on December 14, 1906, by the trustee under an indenture of trust dated June 8, 1867, between John L. Gardner and his daughter Eliza B. Gardner, afterwards Eliza B. Skinner, as settlors and the plaintiff as trustee, for instructions. The terms of the trust and the prayers of the bill are stated in the opinion, as also are the material facts. It was alleged in the bill and admitted by the answers that the trust fund at all times had consisted solely of personal property. The case came on to be heard upon the bill and the answers thereto before…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This is a bill for instructions as to the disposition of a trust fund. The plaintiff holds the fund under an indenture which states the trust in these words: “ in trust to invest said sum ... in such property, real or personal, and such securities personal or otherwise as said trustee may deem expedient, and for the benefit of the trust. And in trust to collect, receive and pay over the rents, profits, dividends, interest or income of the trust fund to said Eliza B. Gardner, from time to time, to her own use, upon her separate receipt, and free from the control of any husband during the term…
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