FIRST NATL. BK. OF MOUNT DORA v. SHAWMUT BK. OF BOSTON


378 Mass. 137 (1979)

389 N.E.2d 1002

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MOUNT DORA, executor, vs. SHAWMUT BANK OF BOSTON, N.A., & another, trustees.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 18, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith L. Hughes for the plaintiff.

Michael E. Hager for the defendants.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

In 1970 Harriett Peters, a resident of Connecticut, created a revocable trust in Massachusetts, of which the defendants are now the trustees. Under Article Third of the trust instrument, Peters directed that the trustees pay all estate and inheritance taxes imposed by reason of her death and all her debts and the expenses of administering her estate.2 On August 6, 1974, while still a resident of Connecticut, Peters executed...

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