Peck v. Scofield
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal by tbe surviving husband of Nellie M. Scofield, deceased intestate, from a decree of tbe Probate Court for the county of Hampden allowing in the account of the administrator of her estate an item, in the schedule showing payments, charges and distributions, of “ Savings Bank deposits claimed by Charles M. Scofield, $2,207.18.” The appeal was heard by Lathrop, J., who found “ on the agreed facts and the evidence, that Mrs. Scofield delivered the bank books in question…
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Appeal by tbe surviving husband of Nellie M. Scofield, deceased intestate, from a decree of tbe Probate Court for the county of Hampden allowing in the account of the administrator of her estate an item, in the schedule showing payments, charges and distributions, of “ Savings Bank deposits claimed by Charles M. Scofield, $2,207.18.” The appeal was heard by Lathrop, J., who found “ on the agreed facts and the evidence, that Mrs. Scofield delivered the bank books in question during her lifetime to Mrs. Bronson, in trust for the benefit of her adopted son, Charles M., and that the delivery was…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
This is an appeal from the decree of a single justice of this court affirming a decree of the Probate Court allowing the account of the appellee as administrator of the estate of Nellie M. Scofield. The only question presented by her husband, the appellant, is whether an item of $2,207.33, being the amount of certain deposits in savings banks made by the intestate, is to be deemed an asset of her estate, or held to be a trust fund created by her for the benefit of an adopted son, Charles M. Scofield. The matei’ial facts do not appear to be in dispute, and they show that the deposits which…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gerrish v. New Bedford Institution for SavingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Urann v. CoatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Chace v. ChapinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
- Cleveland v. Hampden Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
3Cited by12 opinions
- National Shawmut Bank v. JoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Bone v. HolmesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Bradford v. EastmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- O'Hara v. O'HaraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Russell v. MeyersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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