Case file #5115 In Re Bassett's Estate, 104 N.H. 504, 1963-1968

Collection Name:

Frank R. Kenison Papers, 1946-1974

Title:

Case file #5115 In Re Bassett's Estate, 104 N.H. 504, 1963-1968

Creator:

Kenison, Frank R., 1907-1980
Leach, W. Barton
Levin, A. Leo, 1919
Kimbrough, Robert T., 1902
Duncan, Laurence I., 1906-1982
Laughlin, Martin F.
Broderick & Laughlin
Bigg, Dort S.
Lemelin, Emile
Schwartz, William
Dewey, Frank L., 1906
Brooke, Edward W.
Howell

Creator Role:

Printer

Accession / Call Number:

1981.112

Object ID:

1981.112.5115

Date:

1963-1968

Type of Material:

textual record

Physical Description:

1 folder

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

New Hampshire Supreme Court case file #5115 John H. Devine, trustee under the will of Sheldon Bassett, deceased, in re Bassett Estate, 1963-1968. The documents in this file include the transferred case volume from the New Hampshire Probate Court, which includes petitions, agreements, and the contested will. Also included is the volume of the New Hampshire Supreme Court case, which states the case is a petition to dissolve the trust created through Sheldon Bassett's will. Both these volumes include notes presumably by Frank R. Kenison and are dated 1963. Also included are two copies of an excerpt of a document titled only as "B. The Required Certainty of Vesting," which includes the court judgment; an excerpt from Law Week dated May 14, 1963; photocopies of articles in the Michigan Law Review and Georgia Bar Journal; drafts of the court decision; and a memo from Laurence Ilsley Duncan on April 25, 1963, regarding his opinion on the case. The majority of this folder is comprised of correspondence, which includes a letter from Massachusetts Attorney General Edward W. Brook in Boston, MA, to Frank R. Kenison in Concord, NH, dated May 3, 1963, stating it was an honor to meet and speak with him during his visit to Concord; a letter from Professor William Schwartz at Boston University in Boston, MA, to Kenison dated May 3, 1963, thanking him for sending a copy of the opinion; a letter from Dort S. Bigg in Manchester, NH, to George O. Shovan in Concord, NH, dated January 25, 1963, regarding a misstatement in the agreement; replies from Martin F. Loughlin in Manchester, NH, concurring on the misstatement on January 29th and from Robert I. Eaton in Manchester, NH, on March 28th, concurring with the argument, but not with the limitations; a letter from Loughlin to Shovan dated April 25, 1963, which encloses a copy of Evelyn Bassett's birth certificate; a letter from Kenison to Robert T. Kimbrough in Rochester, NY, which includes an excerpt from the Harvard Law Review and inquires about annotating the case; a reply from Kimbrough on January 8, 1964, stating the Re Bassett Estate case will receive a thorough examination; a second reply from Kimbrough on January 9, 1964, stating the case has been selected for annotation; and a letter from Kenison to University of Pennsylvania Professor A. Leo Levin in Philadelphia, PA, dated August 25, 1964, thanking him for his address at the Conference of Chief Justices. Further correspondence between Harvard Professor W. Barton Leach and Kenison spans from 1963 to 1968 and includes a letter from Kenison to Leach dated May 1, 1963, which encloses a copy of the court opinion; a reply from Leach on May 3, 1963, stating it is a good court opinion; a letter from Kenison to Leach on December 24, 1963, commenting on Leach's comments in the Harvard law review; a letter from Leach to Kenison dated January 6, 1965, enclosing a poem titled “De Senectute Mirabile” by Frank L. Dewey, which expresses Dewey's unfavorable opinion on the ruling; a thank you from Kenison dated January 7, 1965; a letter from Leach to Kenison dated October 19, 1967, which encloses a memo from Leach regarding the rule against perpetuities and fertile octogenarian; a reply from Kenison on October 23, 1967, stating the memo was interesting; a letter from Leach to Kenison on January 8, 1968, encouraging him to read Jack Spalding's opinion in Warner v. Whitman; and a reply from Kenison thanking him for bringing the opinion to his attention.

Subjects:

Court records , Courts , Correspondence , Judges , Judgments , Wills , Law

Locations:

Cambridge, MA
Concord, NH
Rochester, NY
Manchester, NH
Hillsborough County, NH
Goffstown, NH
Boston, MA
Philadelphia, PA

People:

Bassett, Evelyn , Shovan, George , Jackson, Mary Elizabeth , Bassett, Royal , Bassett, Sheldon , Devine, John H. , Kenison, Frank R., 1907-1980 , Leach, W. Barton , Levin, A. Leo, 1919 , Kimbrough, Robert T., 1902 , Duncan, Laurence I., 1906-1982 , Laughlin, Martin F. , Bigg, Dort S. , Lemelin, Emile , Schwartz, William , Brooke, Edward W. , Dewey, Frank L., 1906

Organizations:

Harvard University
New Hampshire. Supreme Court
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing
Wiggin, Nourie, Sundeen, Nassikas and Pingree
New Hampshire. Probate Court
Boston University
University of Pennsylvania. Law School
Massachusetts. Office of the Attorney General
Howell
Broderick & Laughlin

Terms of Use:

For permission to reproduce or publish material from this collection, please contact the New Hampshire Historical Society. Researchers are responsible for following all copyright and intellectual property laws.

Credit Line:

Gift of the estate of Frank R. Kenison.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

File

Box Number:

24