Legal Opinion

Second Bank-State Street Trust Co. v. Weston

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 10, 1961PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.

Maria E. Vinton (the testatrix), the widow of an inhabitant of Massachusetts, died June 11,1911, having her domicil in Maryland. Her will, made in 1892 when she was already a widow, described her as of Baltimore. A codicil dated April 28,1911, is not significant in this case. Her will was allowed in Maryland on July 12, 1911, and ancillary letters were issued in Massachusetts.

By art. Third of her will, 2 the testatrix gave the residue in trust to her trustee, William Allen Hayes of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Upon the death of the last of her three daughters to die, the trust fund was to be…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Whall v. ConverseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
  2. McCurdy v. McCallumMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
  3. Larmour v. RichCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1889
  4. Demill v. ReidCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1889
  5. Chism v. ReeseCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1948

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. FlemingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
  2. New England Trust Co. v. FaxonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
  3. Baker v. BayliesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1963
  4. Moore v. CannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
  5. Madden v. Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1971

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