Lufkin v. Jakeman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on May 11,1904, and removed to and filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on July 26, 1904, by tbe children and only heirs at law of Richard Lufkin, late of Chelsea, against Mary Ann Jakeman, otherwise known as Mary Ann Lufkin, alleging herself to be the widow of Richard, to establish a resulting trust in certain real estate numbered 74 and 76 on Spencer Avenue in Chelsea.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on May 11,1904, and removed to and filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on July 26, 1904, by tbe children and only heirs at law of Richard Lufkin, late of Chelsea, against Mary Ann Jakeman, otherwise known as Mary Ann Lufkin, alleging herself to be the widow of Richard, to establish a resulting trust in certain real estate numbered 74 and 76 on Spencer Avenue in Chelsea. Also an APPEAL from a decree of the Probate Court for the county of Suffolk disallowing in the account of Abbott W. Lawrence, special administrator of the estate of Richard Lufkin,…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The first of these cases presents the question whether the plaintiffs are entitled to certain real estate under a resulting trust, as the heirs of their father, Richard Lufkin, or whether it belongs to the defendant, the holder of the legal title. The property was bought by Richard Lufkin in 1877 and paid for with his money, but the title was taken in the name of the defendant. Lufkin occupied it, erected valuable buildings upon it, received all the rents and profits, and paid all taxes upon it until his death in 1901. His purchase and payment created a resulting trust in his favor against…
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