Minot v. Paine
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed December 3,1867, by the trustee under the will of Hannah F. Lee, to obtain the direction of the court concerning the application of certain shares in the stock of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, a corporation under the law of Illinois, and the Western Railroad Corporation, a corporation under the law of Massachusetts, distributed by said companies respectively to the trustee, by way of dividend on certain other shares of their…
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Bill in equity, filed December 3,1867, by the trustee under the will of Hannah F. Lee, to obtain the direction of the court concerning the application of certain shares in the stock of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, a corporation under the law of Illinois, and the Western Railroad Corporation, a corporation under the law of Massachusetts, distributed by said companies respectively to the trustee, by way of dividend on certain other shares of their respective corporate stocks belonging to the capital of the trust fund. The bill set forth that the will of Mrs. Lee was duly…
1Opinion of the CourtChapman, C. J.
Under the will of Mrs. Lee, the shares in question were held by the trustee to pay over the net income thereof, as often as convenient, to Mrs. Paine, during her natural life, for her sole and separate use, &c.; and, on her death, to transfer and convey the same in fee to such persons, and on such terms, as Mrs. Paine, by her last will and testament, executed after her majority, may direct and appoint; and, in default of such will executed after her majority, or if she shall die a minor, then to her issue, if any, surviving her; and, in default of such issue or such will, then to the issue…
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