Legal Opinion
Buteau v. Lavalle
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 25, 1933PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is a bill in equity against the executor of the - will of Eugenie Castonguay, deceased testate, to establish a trust in a deposit in the Southbridge Savings Bank, which is also made a party defendant.
The case was heard by a judge of the Superior Court who found the following facts: On March 30, 1917, Eugenie Castonguay opened an account number 29335 in the South-bridge Savings Bank in her own name in trust for Aurore Castonguay with an initial deposit of $35. The said Aurore Castonguay was her daughter and is the plaintiff. The plaintiff was not present at the bank and knew nothing of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Chippendale v. North Adams Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Gerrish v. New Bedford Institution for SavingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Davis v. NeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Kelley v. SnowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Jones v. Old Colony Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
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3Cited by15 opinions
- National Shawmut Bank v. JoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Goldston v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Povey v. Colonial Beacon Oil Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Greeley v. FlynnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- O'Hara v. O'HaraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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