A testator by his trust-disposition and settlement directed his trustees to divide a portion of the residue of his estate ‘to and among such charitable or religious institutions and societies as my trustees or the survivor or survivors of them may select, and in such proportion to each or any as they may fix.’ Held (rev judgment of the Second Division) that the bequest was void from uncertainty.
Judges:
Lord Chancellor (Halsbury), Lord Macnaghten, Lord James of Hereford, and Lord Robertson
Citations:
[1905] UKHL 466, 42 SLR 466
Links:
Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Wills and Probate
Updated: 26 April 2022; Ref: scu.621172
