Legal Opinion

Ely v. Attorney General

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 23, 1909PublishedCited by 15 opinions

The case was submitted on briefs.

1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.

This is a bill for instructions,* by trustees appointed under the will of Charlotte Kingsbury, late of Wellesley, deceased. The questions arise under the residuary clause of her will, which is as follows: “ The residue of my estate, real and personal, I give, bequeath and devise for the purpose of founding a Kindergarten Home for Deaf Children, to be located on the old estate owned by me,—to be founded strictly on the family system, the object being to prepare a limited number of young children to enter under favorable circumstances, those institutions where the deaf are taught to speak by…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Teele v. Bishop of DerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
  2. Bowden v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
  3. City of Boston v. DoyleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
  4. Codman v. BrighamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
  5. Stratton v. Physio-Medical CollegeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Village of Hinsdale v. Chicago City Missionary SocietyIllinois Supreme Court · 1940
  2. Norris v. LoomisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
  3. Town of Milton v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  4. Borchers v. TaylorSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1929
  5. Grimke v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910

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