Legal Opinion
Old Colony Trust Co. v. Silliman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 6, 1967PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
The issue on this petition for instructions has been reserved and reported without decision by a judge of the Probate Court for Middlesex County. Gr. L. c. 215, § 13.
Old Colony Trust Company and Ernest C. Burdick as executors under the will of Amelia Silliman Rockwell, and Old Colony Trust Company as trustee under that will, seek instructions in respect of the power of the trustee under Article II Gr 1 of the will providing, “My said trustee may decide whether accretions to the trust property shall be treated as principal or income and whether expenses shall be charged to principal or…
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