Legal Opinion

Gray v. Hemenway

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided September 30, 1929PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.

This is a bill brought by the trustees under the will of Augustus Hemenway, who died in 1876, for instructions as to the disposition of two distributions made to them on stock of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, a Pennsylvania corporation herein referred to as the Railroad Company, held by them as trustees. The case was reserved for the consideration of this court upon the bill and answers.

In his will Augustus Hemenway established a trust in the residue of his estate by the terms of which the trustees, after satisfying annuities, were to pay “all the remaining nett rents…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Minot v. PaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  2. Leland v. HaydenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
  3. Smith v. DanaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
  4. D'Ooge v. LeedsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
  5. Heard v. EldredgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Dumaine v. DumaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
  2. Anderson v. BeanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
  3. Creed v. McAleerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
  4. Moroni v. BrawdersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  5. Steele v. KelleyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999

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