HUGE BEQUEST FOR CHARITY
WILL DECLARED INVALID. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Recd. Jan. 16, 12.20 p.m.). LONDON, January 15. The Appeal Court declared invalid a charity bequest of £262,906, which has already been distributed to over 130 charities. The'next-of-kin of the late Caleb Diplock, of Sussex, appealed against the decision of-Mr. Justice Farwell, that the bequest of the residue of the £500,000 estate, for distribution to such “charitable or benevolent object or objects” as the executors might select, was valid. The appellants contended the inclusion of the words “or benevolent” rendered the bequest invalid.
The Master of the Rolls, in allowing the appeal, said he did not agree that “benevolent” meant the same as “charitable.” The executors are stated to have issued a large number of writs, in an attempt to recover the money distributed to charities.
The Master of the Rolls, in giving judgment, said that what happened after the death of the testator was entirely irrelevant for the purpose of the case.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 16 January 1941, Page 8
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