Legal Opinion
Slayton v. Fitch Home, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 27, 1936PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
This is a petition for instructions brought by the executor of the will of Margaret C. Slayton. It is before this court on reservation by a single justice upon the petition, answers and agreed statement of facts.
None of the facts stated in the petition are controverted. No question of the due appointment of the fund arises. There are no specific or deferred legacies in the will and all creditors have been paid. The trustee appointed by the donor of the fund has already paid in part, and ultimately will pay over, the remainder of the fund and accrued interest to the executor of the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Clapp v. IngrahamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Greenough v. OsgoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Shattuck v. BurrageMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Stone v. ForbesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Hogarth-Swann v. WeedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
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3Cited by14 opinions
- National Shawmut Bank v. JoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Fiduciary Trust Co. v. MishouMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. PainterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Curtis v. COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS & TAXATION.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Ferguson v. Massachusetts Audubon SocietyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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