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Taylor v. Burke, 69 Mass. App. Ct. 77 (2007)

Citation
Taylor v. Burke, 69 Mass. App. Ct. 77 (2007)
Parent Document
Taylor v. Burke, 69 Mass. App. Ct. 77 (2007)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
2007-05-17

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Consideration of the grammatical construction of G. L. c. 186, § 15B(3)(a), reveals the following. The introduction of a comma after the phrase “interest-bearing account in a bank,” separating that phrase from the following modifier “located within the commonwealth under such terms . . . ,” provides some indication of legislative intent. The phrase following the comma, concerning location, is immediately adjacent, without separation, to the terms on which the deposit should be held, and permits a reading such that the entire phrase relates back to the phrase “interest-bearing account in a bank,” thus directing that the location of the account, as well as of the bank, be in the Commonwealth. In order that the location modifier refer to “bank,” and not to “interest-bearing account,” the comma might well have been placed after “located within the com*81monwealth”; thus, the phrase “in a bank located within the commonwealth, under such terms ...” would require only that the bank be located in Massachusetts.