Campbell’s Trustees v Campbell: HL 30 Nov 1920

A testator directed his trustees in the event of there being any residue of his estate ‘to apply the same for behoof of such charitable or other deserving institutions in connection with the city of Glasgow as my said trustees shall think fit.’
Held (rev. judgment of the Second Division, diss. Lord Dundas) that the bequest was void from uncertainty.

Judges:

Lord Chancellor, Viscount Finlay, Lord Dunedin, Lord Atkinson, and Lord Shaw

Citations:

[1920] UKHL 69

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

Scotland

Wills and Probate, Charity

Updated: 22 October 2022; Ref: scu.631546