Legal Opinion

Agricultural National Bank v. Schwartz

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 8, 1950PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.

This is a petition filed by the trustees under the will of Harry Blank seeking instructions respecting to whom and in what proportions the principal and undistributed income of a trust created by his will should be paid.

The testator, whose wife, Eva Blank, predeceased him, died November 7, 1938, leaving no issue. He had four sisters and two brothers and his wife had five sisters and five brothers, and all of these sixteen except Minnie Schwartz, a sister of the testator’s wife, died prior to the date fixed for the termination of the trust. By the fifth clause of the will, he left in trust a…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Wilcox v. BierdIllinois Supreme Court · 1928
  2. Mabardy v. McHughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  3. Swasey v. Jaques.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
  4. Fargo v. MillerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
  5. St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. KaltenbachSupreme Court of Missouri · 1945

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Putnam v. PutnamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  2. Loring v. ClappMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
  3. Gordon v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
  4. B. M. C. Durfee Trust Co. v. FranzheimMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
  5. Bank of New England, N.A. v. McKennanMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985

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