Newell v. Hadley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill IN EQUITY, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on November 1, 1907, by the trustee and beneficiaries of a trust under the will of Andrew H. Newell against the trustees and beneficiaries of a trust under the will of James B. Pickett, seeking a repayment to the Newell trust from funds of the Pickett trust of sums alleged to have been wrongly diverted by Charles F. Berry, who formerly had been one of the trustees in both trusts.
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Bill IN EQUITY, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on November 1, 1907, by the trustee and beneficiaries of a trust under the will of Andrew H. Newell against the trustees and beneficiaries of a trust under the will of James B. Pickett, seeking a repayment to the Newell trust from funds of the Pickett trust of sums alleged to have been wrongly diverted by Charles F. Berry, who formerly had been one of the trustees in both trusts. The case was heard by Hammond, J., and was reserved for determination by the full court. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
This is a bill in equity brought by the surviving trustee under the will of Andrew H. Newell and the beneficiaries of that trust against the trustees and beneficiaries under the will of James B. Pickett.
In November, 1901, one Charles F. Berry was the active trustee of each of these two trusts. His co-trustee in the Newell trust was Andrew Newell, whose residence was in Australia; and his co-trustee in the Pickett trust was Thomas E. Major, whose residence was in Ohio.
On November 15, 1901, Berry found himself in immediate need of $2,000 to be sent to the west in order to carry through a…
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