Legal Opinion
State Street Trust Co. v. Walker
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 21, 1927PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
Samuel A. Walker, who died in 1880, by the fourteenth clause of his will gave the residue of his estate to trustees,- with directions well and securely to “invest the same as soon as may be done, and keep the same so invested, in good mortgages of real estate, having greater regard to the goodness of the security than for the amount of income to be derived therefrom, and with full authority to loan the same upon mortgage as aforesaid at less than the legal rate, if they deem it necessary or expedient, and also with full power to change investments from time to time as they see fit.”
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lindsey v. BirdMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Blake v. PegramMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- McIntire v. MowerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Forbes v. WareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Childs v. JordanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Hallett v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
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