Caldwell’s Trustees v Caldwell and Others: HL 25 Jul 1921

Held ( aff. judgment of the First Division) that a residuary bequest in favour of ‘such charitable and benevolent institutions in Glasgow and Paisley’ as the testator’s trustees might think best was not void from uncertainty.

Lord Buckmaster, Lord Atkinson, Lord Shaw, Lord Sumner, and Lord Wrenbury
[1921] UKHL 602
Bailii
Scotland

Wills and Probate

Updated: 12 November 2021; Ref: scu.632638