Legal Opinion

Perkins v. New England Trust Co.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 8, 1962PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.

This is a petition for instructions by the trustee under the will of John L. Bremer.

John L. Bremer died in 1896 survived by a widow, two sons (S. Parker Bremer and J. Lewis Bremer), and a daughter, Sarah. The widow died in 1916. S. Parker was the first of John’s children to die; he died testate in 1925, survived by three daughters, Edith Bremer Faxon, Ruth Bremer Baker, and Mabel Bremer Baker. Sarah, a spinster, died on July 6, 1958. In 1905 she had established a trust to which she had conveyed all her interest under her father’s will. The survivor of the testator’s children, J. Lewis, died…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Sewall v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
  2. Gilliam v. . Guaranty Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1906
  3. Clarke v. FayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
  4. Tyler v. City Bank Farmers Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  5. Blodgett v. StowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. FlemingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
  2. New England Merchants National Bank v. GroswoldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  3. Davis v. HannamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  4. Moore v. CannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
  5. First Safe Deposit National Bank v. WestgateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963

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