Legal Opinion
Boyden v. Stevens
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 23, 1934PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
Walter H. Edgerly died in 1906, testate, leaving a widow Nathalie A. Edgerly, now Nathalie A. Stevens, and a daughter Madeline who died in 1907, a minor and unmarried. Any interest of Madeline has passed to the widow as her sole heir at law and next of kin.
The will gave the sum of $50,000, and also the residue of the estate, to Roland W. Boyden “in trust, for the benefit of my wife and children, if any, the income to be paid to my wife during her life. My trustee shall at any time have power in his discretion to pay over to my wife, or to expend for her benefit or for the maintenance and…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Claflin v. ClaflinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Kent v. MorrisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Corkery v. DorseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Lovett v. FarnhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Forbes v. SnowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Turner v. MorsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- National Shawmut Bank v. MoreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
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