Gordon v. Feldman

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “An express requirement of surviv-orship in a remainder gift renders the remainder contingent.”
• “ We note the ‘rule of construction of wills that a devise or bequest to the testator’s ... issue is held to be vested unless there is in the wEl something to show the contrary.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Sullivan v. Burkin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-01-23· cited 38×
• D.L. v. G.L.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-07-16· cited 20×
• Queen v. Vermont Mutual Insurance
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-04-01· cited 5×
• Madoff v. Amaral (In re Amaral)
  D. Massachusetts· 2016-04-20· cited 5×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Turner v. Morson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-09-12· cited 34×
• Bennett v. Pierce
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1905-05-19· cited 23×
• Robertson v. Robertson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-04-01· cited 21×
• Springfield Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Ireland
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1929-06-26· cited 18×
• Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Baker
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-08-02· cited 17×
• Smith v. Rice
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1881-02-28· cited 16×
• Colby v. Duncan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1885-06-18· cited 8×
• Davis v. Woods
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1938-03-25· cited 1×