DASSORI v. PATTERSON


440 Mass. 1039 (2004)

F. DAVIS DASSORI, & another, trustees, vs. JANET H. PATTERSON & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

January 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Cheever for the plaintiffs.


F. Davis Dassori and Janet H. Patterson, trustees of the Lloyd G. Patterson Trust, commenced this action in the Probate and Family Court seeking an order reforming a provision of the trust. A probate judge reported the case to the Appeals Court for determination, and we granted the trustees' application for direct appellate review. Specifically, the trustees seek to correct an alleged scrivener's error by eliminating language that permits the trustees to distribute income...

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