Legal Opinion

The Home National Bank of Brockton

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 30, 1960PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.

The will of Emma L. Thompson, late of Abington, was allowed by the Probate Court on November 8, 1937. On February 23, 1938, H. Arthur Standish, the testatrix’s brother, nominated in the will, was appointed trustee of a residuary trust, and served until November 12, 1957, when his resignation was accepted.

The ninth paragraph of the will reads as follows: “All of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate I give, devise and bequeath to my brother, H. Arthur Standish, of Middleboro, Massachusetts, but in trust, nevertheless, to invest and reinvest the same and to pay the net income therefrom…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Quincy Trust Co. v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  2. Argus v. KokkorouMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
  3. LuceyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Grossman v. GrossmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
  2. Lindsey v. OgdenMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
  3. LovejoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  4. Crowell v. SallenMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1984

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