Little v. Chadwick
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity by the surviving trustees under an assignment for the benefit of creditors made by Aaron D. Williams, who was the executor and trustee under the will of Nancy Williams, against such creditors, as well as certain beneficiaries under the will, for instructions as to the distribution of the proceeds of the property assigned to them.
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Bill in equity by the surviving trustees under an assignment for the benefit of creditors made by Aaron D. Williams, who was the executor and trustee under the will of Nancy Williams, against such creditors, as well as certain beneficiaries under the will, for instructions as to the distribution of the proceeds of the property assigned to them. The case was heard by W. Allen, J., who made a decree that none of the property assigned was charged with any trust entitling the claims of such beneficiaries to a priority over those of other creditors, but that such beneficiaries might be admitted to…
1Opinion of the CourtC. Allen, J.
The executor and trustee under the will of Mrs. Williams, having assigned his property in trust for the benefit of his creditors, the annuitants under that will seek to establish a trust in that property, and to obtain a decree that ten thousand dollars be set apart by the assignees and appropriated to secure and raise the annuities. It was, however, *110found at the hearing that none of the property so conveyed was charged with any such trust, and this finding appears to be the only one that the evidence would warrant.
There is nothing to show that there was ever any distinct trust fund in the…
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