Testator gave his bank stock to trustees, in trust for F. B, for life, and his funded property to the same trustees, in trust for WRE for life, and, after his death, in trust for his issue ; and he directed the trustees, after the decease of FB, to pay the dividends of his Bank stock to WRE for life, and, after his decease, to apply the dividends and capital for the benefit of the children or child of WRE, in such manner as he had directed respecting his funded property ; and, should WRE die without issue male or female of his body lawfully begotten, then he directed the trustees to apply his funded property and Bank stock, for such charitable or other purposes as they should think fit, without being accountable to any person; and he gave the residue of his personal estate and effects, wines, pictures, plate, books and furniture, to WRE Held, that the ultimate trust of the funded property and bank stock was not too remote, but was void for uncertainty; and that the residuary clause was general.
[1835] EngR 592, (1835) 7 Sim 352, (1835) 58 ER 872
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Updated: 30 August 2021; Ref: scu.316100