State Street Bank and Trust Co. v. Reiser

389 N.E.2d 768 (1979)

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State Street Bank and Trust Co. v. Reiser

Appeals Court of Massachusetts
389 N.E.2d 768 (1979)

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Facts

Wilfred A. Dunnebier held capital stock of five closely held corporations that were involved in building single family home subdivisions. Dunnebier executed an inter vivos trust and conveyed the capital stock of his corporations to the trust. He retained the right to amend and revoke the trust during his lifetime and executed a will that left his residuary estate to the trust. After executing these documents, Dunnebier applied for a working capital loan with State Street Bank and Trust Co. (State Street) (plaintiff) in the amount of $75,000. On his financial sheet in his application he included the income and assets of the five closely held corporations that he had conveyed to the trust. After seeing the construction projects that Dunnebier’s corporations had completed or were working on, the loan officer approved an unsecured loan of $75,000 to Dunnebier. Dunnebier died in an accident four months later. Since Dunnebier’s estate had insufficient assets to repay the loan, State Street brought an action to recover the assets from Dunnebier’s inter vivos trust. The probate court found that Dunnebier did not intend to defraud State Street and the matter was appealed to the Appeals Court of Massachusetts.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (­Kass, J.)

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