Redman v. Churchill
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court for the county of Norfolk allowing the first account of the executors-of the will of Chauncey S. Churchill, late of Dedham. The case was heard by Loring, J., who reserved and reported it for determination by the full court as follows: “The facts of the case were that the deceased transferred property which was in fact his own to himself as executor of the will of his .mother.
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Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court for the county of Norfolk allowing the first account of the executors-of the will of Chauncey S. Churchill, late of Dedham. The case was heard by Loring, J., who reserved and reported it for determination by the full court as follows: “The facts of the case were that the deceased transferred property which was in fact his own to himself as executor of the will of his .mother. The amount of property so transferred was not agreed upon but it was agreed that the property so transferred amounted to at least $50,-000. The executors did not transfer or…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The appellant is the widow of Chauncey S. Churchill who died October 5, 1914. By his will he gave her one third of his real and personal property “belonging to me and standing in my name, but no part of the real or personal property held by me as executor or trustee of the estate of my mother, Parmelia S. Churchill, or of the property in which I have a life interest and power of disposition by will.” The residue of his estate “or over which I have, under the will of my mother or otherwise, the power of distribution,” he gave in trust for the benefit of his children. In 1913 he transferred and…
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