Legal Opinion
Durant v. Hospital Life Ins. Co. of Massachusetts
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 15, 1877No. Case No. 4,188PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
How far the law of this country generally, or of Massachusetts in particular, conforms to the doctrine of Brandon v. Robinson, 18 Ves. 429, I do not care to consider. The question is at this time before the supreme judicial court of this state, if I am rightly informed, and is likely to be settled in due course; but I consider this case to be governed by Nichols v. Eaton, 91 U. S. 716.
The annuity given to the bankrupt was given him in trust for the uses set forth in the contract with the defendant company. It was argued that those words were the expression of a motive,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Nichols v. EatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Loring v. LoringMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Cole v. LittlefieldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1853
3Cited by4 opinions
- Clapp v. IngrahamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Bradlee v. AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Belcher v. BurnettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Billings v. MarshMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891