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" All that can be required of a trustee to invest, is, that he shall conduct himself faithfully and exercise a sound discretion. He is to observe how men of prudence, discretion and intelligence manage their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but... "
National Bank Cases: Containing All Decisions of Both the Federal and State ... - Page 475
by Irving Browne - 1889
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A Digest of Pickering's Reports: Volumes VIII-XIV Inclusive

Francis HILLIARD - Law reports, digests, etc - 1837 - 382 pages
...having appealed from the decree, could not object to the investment of the trust fund. — Ibid. 4. All that can be required of a trustee to invest is,...himself faithfully, and exercise a sound discretion. — Ibid. 461, 6. And where a testator has referred the management of the trust especially to the judgment...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of the ...

Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 1510 pages
...so the capital, which was originally supposed to be as firm as the earth itself, will be dissolved. All that can be required of a trustee to invest, is, that lie shall conduct himself faithfully and exercise a sound discretion. He is to observe how men of prudence,...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 31

Law - 1885 - 544 pages
...decision, it has come to be regarded as too firmly settled to be changed, except by the Legislature, that all that can be required of a trustee to invest is...himself faithfully and exercise a sound discretion, such as men of prudence and intelligence ezercise in the permanent disposition of their own funds,...
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The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General ..., Volume 28

Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 912 pages
...trustees to in\est in public funds only, had never been recognized here, laid down this general rule: "All that can be required of a trustee to invest is...speculation, but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income, as well as the probable safety of the capital to be invested."...
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Massachusetts Reports, Volume 125

Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 702 pages
...recognized here, laid down this general rule : " All that can be required of a trustee to invest ia that he shall conduct himself faithfully and exercise...speculation, but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income, as well as the probable safety of the capital to be invested."...
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The Pacific Reporter, Volume 62

Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 1156 pages
...Harvard College v. Amory, supra; 2 Beach, Trusts, § 525. Referring to the general rule that a trustee is to observe how men of prudence, discretion, and...speculation, but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income as well as the probable safety of the capital to be invested,...
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The Supreme Court Reporter, Volume 5

Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1232 pages
...decision, it has come to be regarded as too firmly settled to be changed, except by the legislature, that all that can be required of a trustee to invest is...himself faithfully and exercise a sound discretion, such as men of prudence and intelligence exercise in the permanent disposition of their own funds,...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 112

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1885 - 844 pages
...decision, it has come to be regarded as too firmly settled to be changed, except by the legislature, that all that can be required of a trustee to invest is...himself faithfully and exercise a sound discretion, such as men of prudence and intelligence exercise in the permanent disposition of . their own funds,...
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United States Reports: ... and Rules Announced at ...

United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 844 pages
...decision, it has come to be regarded as too firmly settled to be changed, except by the legislature, that all that can be required of a trustee to invest is...himself faithfully and exercise a sound discretion, such as men of prudence and intelligence exercise in the permanent disposition of their own funds,...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 31

Law - 1885 - 544 pages
...decision, it has come to be regarded as too firmly settled to be changed, except by the Legislature, that all that can be required of a trustee to invest is...himself faithfully and exercise a sound discretion, such as men of prudence and intelligence exercise in the permanent disposition of their own funds,...
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