FIRST SAFE DEPOSIT NATIONAL BANK v. COMSTOCK


338 Mass. 387 (1959)

155 N.E.2d 421

THE FIRST SAFE DEPOSIT NATIONAL BANK OF NEW BEDFORD, trustee, vs. FRANCIS B. COMSTOCK & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

January 15, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice F. Downey, for the respondent guardian ad litem, (George H. Young, for the respondents Francis B. Comstock and others, with him).

Davis C. Howes, for the petitioner, (Cecil H. Whittier, for New Bedford Child and Family Service and others, with him).

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WILLIAMS, COUNIHAN, & WHITTEMORE, JJ.


COUNIHAN, J.

These are appeals from a decree of the Probate Court allowing the fifth and final account of The First Safe Deposit National Bank of New Bedford, trustee under a codicil to the will of Emma C. Watkins for the benefit of Annie Clarke and on her death to the legatees named in article 17 of her will in equal shares. The appellants are Francis B. Comstock and others who are individual pecuniary legatees named in...

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