Legal Opinion
Poor v. Bradbury
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 26, 1907PublishedCited by 19 opinions
Bill in equity by the executor of the will of Sarah D. White for instructions, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Plymouth on December 9,1904. There was a hearing before Rugg, J., who reserved the case for consideration and determination by this court. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, J.
This is a bill in equity for instructions as to the meaning of the sixth paragraph of the will of Sarah D. White, which is as follows:
“ I give and bequeath the residue of my estate, one half to the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the other half to my friend Benjamin F. Bradbury of Boston in the confidence that he will use it in the prosecution of his work against the encroachments of the Roman Catholic Church upon our common school system. And if said Bradbury shall not be living at the time of distribution herein provided, I direct my executors to pay over…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Hess v. SinglerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Warner v. BatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- McCurdy v. McCallumMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Dickson v. United StatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Aldrich v. AldrichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Lowell v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Smith v. LivermoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Temple v. RussellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Cooney v. MontanaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- Bramley v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
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