Taggard, Cyrus H., estate of. John H. Taggard, next of kin. Petition for reappraisal. Decree. Wadsworth, Mercy G., estate of. Samuel H. Eldridge, executor. Petition for license to receive personal estate in this Commonwealth. Attorney-General waived right to be heard. Walker, Edward C. R., estate of. Alfred Bowditch et al., trustees. Petition for suspension of payment of tax. Decree. White, Annie, estate of. Thomas White, administrator. Petition for license to receive personal estate in this Commonwealth. Attorney-General waived right to be heard. Wolcott, Harriet Frothingham, estate of. Roger Wolcott, executor. Petition for instructions. Pending. Woodward, Abijah, estate of. Greenleaf C. George, trustee. Petition for instructions. Pending. Young, Samuel N., estate of. Jas. H. Chaney et al., executors. Petition for license to receive personal property in this Commonwealth. Attorney-General waived right to be heard. Worcester County. Beckwith, Frederick A., estate of. Edward P. Pierce, executor. Petition for instructions. Decree. Blake, Harrison G. O., estate of. Henry E. Hill, executor. tition for suspension of payment of tax. Decree. Pe Buck, Horace B., estate of. Eliza A. Buck, executrix. Petition for instructions. Hearing. Hastings, Solon S., estate of. Petition for instructions. Pending. Moses C. Goodnow, administrator. Parker, M. Isadore, estate of Jonathan Smith, executor. Petition for extension of time for payment of tax. Attorney-General waived right to be heard. Raymond, George B., estate of. Henry M. Raymond et al., executors. Petition for extension of time for payment of tax. Attorney-General waived right to be heard. PUBLIC CHARITABLE TRUSTS. Essex County. Essex Agricultural Society v. Massachusetts General Hospital Corporation and the Attorney-General. Petition to sell real estate and to apply the doctrine of cy-pres. Service accepted. Petition dismissed. Petitioner appealed. Pending. Smith, James M., estate of. Chas. R. Batt et al., executor. Petition for instructions. Attorney-General waived right to be heard. Hampden County. Sherman, Sarah J., estate of. Henry C. Sherman, executor. Petition for instructions as to whether a certain bequest was a valid public charitable bequest. Probate Court decreed it valid. Appealed to Supreme Court and reserved for the full Submitted on briefs. Pending. court. Suffolk County. Attorney-General, petitioner. Petition for the appointment of trustees under the will of Benjamin Franklin. Appearance entered. Hearing. Henry L. Higginson, Francis C. Welch, A. Shuman, Chas. T. Gallagher, Rev. Chas. W. Duane, Stopford Brooke and Alexander K. McLennan appointed trustees. Pending. Davis, Eliza C., estate of. Bill to establish a compromise concerning a will containing a public charitable gift. Attorney-General waived right to be heard. Holmes, Charles H., estate of. Salome D. Hood, executor. Petition for construction of the residuary clause of the will of said deceased. Attorney-General waived right to be heard. Liversidge, Thomas, estate of. Petition for allowance of eighteenth and nineteenth accounts of trustees under the will of said deceased. Messerve, Hopley T., estate of. George H. Penderghast, execuPetition regarding a public charitable trust. tor. Murray, Patrick, estate of. Petition for appointment of a master to devise a scheme for distribution of trust funds. Thompson, Thomas, estate of. Minot, trustee, v. AttorneyGeneral. Bill in equity to determine a public charitable trust. Tufts College Trustees v. City of Boston. Petition to sell real estate devised under the will of Silvanus Packard. Appearance entered. Decree. Trustees of Tufts College v. City of Boston et als. Petition to obtain consent of court for selling real estate devised by will of Silvanus Packard. Appearance entered. Answer filed. Decree. Worcester County. Brooks, Darwin, estate of. Samuel A. Pratt, trustee. Petition to sell real estate under will, and turn over proceeds to New England Christian Association. Attorney-General waived right to be heard. Curtis, William, estate of. Chas. S. Henry et al., trustees. Petition for allowance of first and second accounts of trustees. Fyfe, William E., estate of. Mary J. Fyfe, executrix. Petition and void a devise of real estate for for decree declaring null some benevolent object. Pending. Sawtell, Charles F., administrator, v. the Board of Ministerial Aid et al. Petition for instructions. Decree. Tainter, Nahum, et al. v. Malcolm G. Clark et al., trustees. Bill in equity to declare void a trust under will of Ephraim Copeland. Pending. The following cases have been brought for alleged land damages incurred in the alteration of grade crossings. The Commonwealth, being obliged under the statutes to pay at least twenty-five per cent. of the expenses incurred in the alteration of all grade crossings, has in all cases been made a party thereto. Mary Casey v. City of Northampton et als. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending. Mary Simpson v. City of Northampton et als. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending. F. R. Ellwell v. City of Northampton et als. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending. Elizabeth N. Thompson v. City of Northampton et als. Superio Court, Hampshire County. Pending. John A. Partridge v. City of Northampton et als. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending. William M. Trow v. City of Northampton et als. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending. Charles P. Damon v. City of Northampton et als. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending. John A. Kearns v. Connecticut River Railroal et als. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending. Arthur C. Guilford v. New Haven & Northampton Company et als. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending. William F. Kingsley v. City of Northampton et als. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending. Timothy Sullivan v. City of Northampton et als. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending. William J. Hall v. City of Northampton et als. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending. Robert Monsey v. City of Northampton et als. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending. Martha E. Dickerson v. Boston & Maine Railroad et als. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending. John A. Keaines v. Boston & Maine Railroad et al. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending. Timothy Sullivan v. City of Northampton et als. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending. Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. City of Boston et als. Superior Court, Suffolk County. Pending. Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. City of Boston et als. Superior Court, Suffolk County. Pending. Robert Codman et als. v. New England Railroad Company et als. Superior Court, Suffolk County. Pending. City of Boston v. Boston Wharf Company et als. Superior Court, Suffolk County. Pending. Bridget Ballentine et al. v. Town of Gardner. Superior Court, Worcester County. Pending. SUITS CONDUCTED BY THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL IN BEHALF OF STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. The following cases have been reported to this department by State boards and commissions, to be conducted by the AttorneyGeneral or under his direction, pursuant to the provisions of St. 1896, c. 490: 1. METROPOLITAN PARK COMMISSION. Petitions to the Superior Court for assessment of damages alleged to have been sustained by the taking of land by the said commission. Aaron D. Weld, Francis C. Welch, trustees, v. Commonwealth. Suffolk County. Trial by jury. Verdict for petitioner, for $6,080. George W. Fifield, administrator, et al. v. Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad Company. Middlesex County. This case, together with all suits by Fifield and McClellan v. Commonwealth and Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad, has beensettled for $40,300 flat. George W. Fifield, administrator, v. Boston Revere Beach & Lynn George W. Fifield, administrator, v. Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn George W. Fifield, administrator, v. Commonwealth. County. Settled. Suffolk Arthur D. McClellan v. Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad Company. Middlesex County. Settled. George W. Fifield, administrator, v. Commonwealth. County. Settled. Suffolk George W. Fifield, administrator, et al. v. Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad Company. Middlesex County. Settled. George W. Fifield, administrator, et al. v. Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad Company. Middlesex County. Settled. George W. Fifield, administrator, et al. v. Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad Company. Middlesex County. Settled. |