SHINE v. MONAHAN


354 Mass. 680 (1968)

241 N.E.2d 854

L. THOMAS SHINE & another, trustees, vs. CHARLES O. MONAHAN, executor, & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

November 5, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Barr Dolan for William J. Walker, Jr., & another.

Henry C. Donnelly (Francis T. Mullin with him) for Margaret A. Donnelly.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, KIRK, & REARDON, JJ.


WHITTEMORE, J.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Probate Court for Norfolk County on a petition for instructions filed by the trustees of the Edward O'Toole Trust, an inter vivos trust. The only issue presented on appeal is whether the probate judge ruled correctly that clause Third of the will of Mary L. O'Toole effectively exercised the power of appointment created by clause 3 of the trust. It is not disputed that...

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