Legal Opinion

Old Colony Trust Co. v. Clemons

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 22, 1955PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.

This is a petition for instructions by Old Colony Trust Company, trustee under an indenture of trust executed by the donor, Alfred W. Smith, and by the said trustee on August 31, 1923. After reserving to himself in paragraph “Fourth” an unlimited right to revoke and cancel the deed of trust and to change the beneficiaries and their respective interests in the trust, the donor provided as follows: “Second: Upon my decease the Trustee, subject to changes made agreeably to the provisions of paragraph ‘Fourth ’ shall pay over said net income to my wife, Lucy M. Smith, for and during her natural…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Crapo v. PriceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
  2. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. ParkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  3. Barker v. MonksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  4. Murphy v. Brilliant Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
  5. Lyons v. LyonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Markham, etc v. FayCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
  2. Riley v. Tougas (In Re Tougas)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2006
  3. Second Bank-State Street Trust Co. v. Second Bank-State Street Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
  4. Hochberg v. ProctorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
  5. Canter v. Commissioner of Public WelfareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996

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