Legal Opinion
Holyoke National Bank v. Bailey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 5, 1931PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is a petition for instructions brought by the executors of the will of Michael Cleary to determine the ownership of certain deposits in five savings banks. The claimants are the decedent’s wife, Mary J. Cleary, and his next of kin. Since the filing of this petition Mary J. Cleary, who was also a co-executor under the will, has died, and the administratrix of her estate has been substituted as a defendant.
The case is before us on an agreed statement of facts in which it appears that the deposit in the Springfield *553Five Cents Savings Bank was in the names of “ Mary J. and Michael Cleary,”…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Chippendale v. North Adams Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Reggio v. WarrenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Hanson & Parker, Ltd. v. WittenbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Battles v. Millbury Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Earnshaw v. WhittemoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Berry v. KyesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Goldston v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Blanchette v. BlanchetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Smith v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Splaine v. MorrisseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
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