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The Development Of The Massachusetts Probate System, Thomas E. Atkinson
The Development Of The Massachusetts Probate System, Thomas E. Atkinson
Michigan Law Review
American lawyers and laymen alike take for granted a system of probate of wills and administration of decedents' estates under the supervision of a single tribunal usually called a probate court. We are familiar with the setting up of the will, appointment of the personal representative, filing of bond and inventory by the latter, granting of allowances for support of the family, notice to creditors to present their claims, and settlement of accounts of the administration, all accomplished by this court's orders or under its scrutiny. While real property is deemed to pass directly to the heirs or devisees, it …
Future Interests - Charities - Validity Of Accumulation For Charity When Impracticable To Accumulate Desired Amount, Hobart Taylor, Jr.
Future Interests - Charities - Validity Of Accumulation For Charity When Impracticable To Accumulate Desired Amount, Hobart Taylor, Jr.
Michigan Law Review
An executor petitioned for instructions under a will which devised the residuary estate to trustees to be accumulated in trust until sufficient to purchase a farm upon which a home for the aged and indigent would be established. The trustees waived all interest in the fund, which amounted to less than two hundred dollars. Held, there is no reasonable prospect of the accumulation becoming sufficient to establish the charity, or to maintain it if it should be established. The contingencies are thus so remote that the trust fails for impracticality. Green v. Parker, (N.H. 1943) 32 A. (2d) …
Abstracts, Katherine Kempfer
Abstracts, Katherine Kempfer
Michigan Law Review
The abstracts consist merely of summaries of the facts and holdings of recent cases and are distinguished from the notes by the absence of discussion.
Abstracts, Katherine Kempfer
Abstracts, Katherine Kempfer
Michigan Law Review
The abstracts consist merely of summaries of the facts and holdings of recent cases and are distinguished from the notes by the absence of discussion.