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WOODBERRY v. BUNKER

359 Mass. 239 (1971)

268 N.E.2d 841

RONALD S. WOODBERRY & another, executors, & others vs. PAUL W. BUNKER & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 9, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia Aldrich stated the case.

Robert J. McGee for Northeastern University & another.

Lispenard B. Phister for Paul W. Bunker, Francis W.K. Smith for Somerville Home for the Aged, & John H. Tomfohrde for Broadway Winter Hill Church, joined in a brief.

Present: TAURO, C.J., SPALDING, SPIEGEL, REARDON, & BRAUCHER, JJ.

REARDON, J.

This matter, reserved and reported to us by a single justice, presents an issue similar to that presented in Worcester County Natl. Bank v. King, ante, 231, decided by us today. In the King case we were concerned with the proper interpretation of broadly phrased discretionary powers of administration and management granted to executors and trustees in a will. This case deals with the proper interpretation of powers to invade principal...

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