Legal Opinion
Gershaw v. Gershfield
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 13, 2001No. 98-P-1410PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuffly, J.
Burton C. Gershfield appeals from a decree entered in the Probate and Family Court on a complaint for instructions brought by Scott O. Gershaw, as trustee of the Samuel Gersh-field Family Trust of 1987 (trust), and from the dismissal of his counterclaim. We decide that the judge’s modification of the trust terms in several material respects constituted error of law and that the counterclaim should not have been summarily dismissed. Accordingly, we vacate the judgment and remand for further hearing and entry of orders consistent with this opinion.
The complaint for instructions was filed in the…
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