 ... exercise the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing, which men of prudence, discretion and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation but in regard to the permanent disposition of...  The American Law Register - Page 1581886Full view - About this book
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 1510 pages
...discretion. He is to observe how men of prudence, discretion and intelligence manage their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to the...as well as the probable safety of the capital to be invested.1 But in the case at bar, the testator referred the management of this trust especially to... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 912 pages
...discretion. He is to observe how men of prudence, discretion and intelligence manage their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to the...the probable safety of the capital to be invested." 9 Pick. 461. The rule thus judicially declared nearly half a century ago has been since constantly... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 702 pages
...discretion. He is to observe how men of prudence, discretion and intelligence manage their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to the...the probable safety of the capital to be invested." 9 Pick. 461. The rule thus judicially declared nearly half a century ago has been since constantly... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 1156 pages
...a trustee is to observe how men of prudence, discretion, and intelligence manage their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to the...the probable safety of the capital to be invested, Chief Justice Gray, in a Massachusetts case, said: "If a more strict or precise rule should be deemed... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 948 pages
...discretion. He is to observe how men of prudence, discretion, and intelligence manage their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to the...the probable safety of the capital to be invested." In that case, investments in stocks of an incorporated manufacturing company and of an incorporated... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 976 pages
...discretion. He is to observe how men of prudence, discretion and intelligence manage their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to the...the probable safety of the capital to be invested." In that case, investments in stocks of an incorporated manufacturing, and of an incorporated insurance... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 872 pages
...discretion. He is to observe how men of prudence, discretion, and intelligence manage their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to the...the probable safety of the capital to be invested:" Harvard College v. Amory, 9 Pick. 446; Lavett v. JUinot, 20 Id. 119; Brown v. French, 125 Mass. 410;... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 1184 pages
...judgment. They are 'to observe how men of prudence, discretion, and intelligence manage their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to the...disposition of their funds, considering the probable income aa well as the probable safety of the capital to be invested.' Harvard College v. Amory, 9 Pick. (Mass.)... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 1166 pages
...exercise sound discretion, not with a view to speculation, but to make a disposition of the trust fund, considering the probable income, as well as the probable safety of the capital to be Invested. The defendant does not show that he did either In respect to the attempted investment in the stock... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 956 pages
...speculation, but in regard to the paramount disposition of their funds, considering the probable incqme, as well as the probable safety of the capital to be invested." Harvard College v. Amory, 9 Pick. 446-461. The fact that the stocks and bonds were bought and held... | |
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