Legal Opinion

Newburyport Society for Relief of Aged Women v. President & Fellows of Harvard College

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided December 30, 1941PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.

The object of this petition in equity is to obtain final distribution to the petitioner and the Home for Aged Men in Boston in equal shares of a trust fund of the residue under the will of John Q. A. Williams, late of Boston. The will was admitted to probate in 1889, after a contest had been settled by an agreement of compromise to which all persons interested were parties and which was ratified and confirmed by decree of this court on January 3 of that year. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 204, §§ 15-18. The last annuitant to whom income has been paid under the terms of the trust has recently deceased.

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Sears v. HardyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  2. Ellis v. HuntMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
  3. Brandeis v. AtkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
  4. Warecki v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
  5. Wickwire Spencer Steel Corp. v. United Spring Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Young v. TudorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
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  3. Ross v. FriedmanMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
  4. Manganiello v. CaggianoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
  5. Willcutt v. PrescottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960

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