Legal Opinion · Concurrence

The MASSACHUSETTS CO., INC. v. Berger

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided December 26, 1973Published

1ConcurrenceGoodman, J.

I reach the result in this case by a different route since I cannot accept as a general proposition the premise that our courts will not recognize the act of a foreign guardian as effective to entitle him to property in this State. It is true that, since the trust instruments provide for administration in accordance with the laws of Massachusetts and since the trust property and the trustee are in any event located in Massachusetts, Massachusetts law determines what, if any, effect should be given to the Florida guardian’s letter to revoke the trusts. National Shawmut Bank v. Cumming, 325…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  2. McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. National Shawmut Bank v. JoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  4. Kent v. MorrisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
  5. Wilkins v. EllettSupreme Court of the United States · 1883

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