Renwick v. Macomber
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeals from decrees of the Probate Court dismissing petitions by the son and the administratrix of the daughter of Stanhope C. Renwick to reopen the final accounts of the executors and trustees-under the will of Annie E. Renwick for the purpose of having disallowed a payment of $33,495.74 to one to whom Frederick W..
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Appeals from decrees of the Probate Court dismissing petitions by the son and the administratrix of the daughter of Stanhope C. Renwick to reopen the final accounts of the executors and trustees-under the will of Annie E. Renwick for the purpose of having disallowed a payment of $33,495.74 to one to whom Frederick W.. Renwick, a beneficiary under a trust created by the will of the testatrix, had bequeathed his property, and to have the respondents ordered to pay the fund to the petitioners as heirs and next of kin of Stanhope, the petitioners contending that by a proper construction of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The testatrix “died domiciled in this Commonwealth,” and although the real property was situated in the State of New York, and under the doctrine of equitable conversion the proceeds of any sales by the trustees or of the testatrix in her lifetime are to be treated as land, Thissell v. Schillinger, 186 Mass. 180, 185, the parties have agreed that the cases are to be decided in accordance with the laws of her domicil.
By the will of her husband the testatrix received the larger part of his estate, and his son Stanhope C. Renwick having opposed admission of the will to probate, although his…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Wood v. BullardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Cushman v. ArnoldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Brandeis v. AtkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Sumner v. CraneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Shattuck v. BalcomMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Renwick v. MacomberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Ellis v. HuntMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Stubbs v. AbelOregon Supreme Court · 1925
- MacDonald v. GoughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
- Balcom v. BalcomMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
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