LINEHAN v. LINEHAN

SJC-10303

453 Mass. 1017 (2009)

PATRICIA SCULLY LINEHAN & another, trustees, v. PATRICIA SCULLY LINEHAN & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

April 28, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Morrill for the plaintiffs.


The trustees of the Madeleine Scully Globe Trust (trust) commenced this action in the county court, seeking a declaratory judgment, pursuant to G. L. c. 231A, upholding the exercise of a power of appointment created in the trust. They argue that under the terms of the trust, the settlor's late son Donald, the holder of the power, could validly appoint his share of the trust property in further trust for the benefit of his spouse and issue, as he did in his will. A single...

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