Legal Opinion

Gardiner v. Savage

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 12, 1903PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Bill for instructions, filed July 28, 1902, by the trustee under the will of James S. Savage. The case came on to be heard before Hammond, J., who at the request of the parties reserved it upon the pleadings for determination by the full court; such decree to be made as equity and justice might require.

1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.

The will of James S. Savage, late of Southboro, deceased, contains a provision as follows: “ At the decease of myself and wife and after all the bequests and stipulations heretofore provided for and the requirements shall have been duly and faithfully carried out and performed I direct that the income of said property after paying the necessary and equitable charges to the trustees be divided equally between my son James and my daughter Lucinda now the wife of S. H. Howe for their sole and individual benefit and use and at their decease should they leave issue to descend in fee to such issue…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
  2. Dove v. TorrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
  3. Loring v. CoolidgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  4. Frost v. CourtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Clarke v. FayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
  2. Best v. BerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
  3. Union Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. DudleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1908
  4. Whittaker v. PorterIllinois Supreme Court · 1926
  5. Coates v. BurtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906

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