Legal Opinion
Loring v. Clapp
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 19, 1958PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
These cases deal with three petitions for instructions, brought respectively by the trustees under the will of Francis Skinner, by the trustees under Skinner’s indenture of November 24, 1911 (hereinafter called the 1911 trust), and by the trustees under Skinner’s earlier indenture of March 20, 1899 (hereinafter called the 1899 trust). Skinner died on May 7, 1914, leaving a widow, Sarah E. Skinner (who later married one Shea and is hereinafter referred to as Mrs. Shea), but no issue surviving him.
The first sentence of Skinner’s will states that it is a “ testament of all the property of which…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Metcalf v. First Parish in FraminghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Gray v. WhittemoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Jones v. GaneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. LewisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Bailey v. BaileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Nickols v. Commissioners of Middlesex CountyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- Second Bank-State Street Trust Co. v. PinionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- Wheeler v. KennardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Old Colony Trust Co. v. TuftsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- Hillman v. Second Bank-State Street Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
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