Legal Opinion
Old Colony Trust Co. v. Clarke
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 6, 1935PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
This is an appeal by the respondents Frances Locke Clarke and George C. Marvin from a decree entered by the Probate Court on a petition for instructions by the trustee under the will of Warren E. Locke, late of Lexington, deceased.
The controversy arises out of the fourth and fifth paragraphs of the will which read as follows: “Fourth All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, of which I may die seized and possessed, or to which I may be entitled at the time of my decease, I give, devise and bequeath to my said brother, Herbert G. Locke, but in trust, nevertheless, for the following…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Heard v. ReadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Fargo v. MillerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Welch v. BrimmerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Crowell v. ChapmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- DeVeer v. PiersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Gorey v. GuarenteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Scott Martel v. George F. Stafford, Administrator, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Fiduciary Trust Co. v. MishouMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Tyler v. City Bank Farmers Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Ferguson v. Commissioner of Corporations & TaxationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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