Legal Opinion
State Street Trust Co. v. Crocker
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 15, 1940PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
This controversy arises out of two successive attempts to amend an indenture between Prescott Bigelow and the petitioner, dated June 20, 1917, whereby Bigelow assigned three thousand shares of the Andrews Real Estate Trust to the petitioner to hold in trust for the benefit of himself, his wife, and his issue.
The terms of the trust, in brief outline, are these: The trustee is to pay the net income to the settlor during his life and upon his death is to pay three fourths thereof to his widow, Bessie P. Bigelow, and the remaining fourth in equal shares to his son Prescott Bigelow, Jr. and his…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Eustace v. DickeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- US Trust Co. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Kelley v. SnowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Clapp v. IngrahamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
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