Legal Opinion
Adams v. Adams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 5, 1941PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
The executors of the will of Ella C. Adams seek instructions as to the ownership of certain securities, which they acquired by paying to a stockbroking firm the debit balance carried by this firm in an account opened by the testatrix by taking over an account that the respondent Winthrop C. Adams, her son, had with other stockbrokers; and as to whether any indebtedness from Winthrop C. Adams to the testatrix has arisen out of the carrying of this account by her, and, if such indebtedness existed, whether it was cancelled by the third clause of her will. The Probate Court by its decree…
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