Donnelly v. Alden
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on May 23, 1916, by the three minor children of Francis J. Donnelly, grandchildren of Peter Donnelly, late of Lynn, and the beneficiaries in remainder under his will, against Frederick L. Alden, as mortgagee for the benefit of the firm of Alden, Walker and Wilde, wholesale shoe dealers, seeking to cancel a mortgage alleged to have been given without authority by Anne Donnelly and Francis J. Donnelly, as trustees under the will of…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on May 23, 1916, by the three minor children of Francis J. Donnelly, grandchildren of Peter Donnelly, late of Lynn, and the beneficiaries in remainder under his will, against Frederick L. Alden, as mortgagee for the benefit of the firm of Alden, Walker and Wilde, wholesale shoe dealers, seeking to cancel a mortgage alleged to have been given without authority by Anne Donnelly and Francis J. Donnelly, as trustees under the will of Peter Donnelly, to secure an indebtedness for shoes sold and delivered to them by the said firm, the indebtedness thus…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
These are suits growing out of the estate of the late Peter Donnelly, hereafter called the testator. He died in July, 1914, a resident of Lynn. By his will he gave all his property to trustees, who also were executors, in effect upon the trust to pay the income to his widow, Anne, during her life, and thereafter to his son, Francis, during his life, the principal then to go to the children of Francis, all of whom are now minors. The testator’s property consisted in part of two parcels of real estate and two retail shoe stores in Lynn. The stores had been prosperous. Francis, who had assisted…
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