A gift was made to the native inhabitans of Dacca. It was challenged as being void.
Held: As to whether a gift was charitable, the same principles apply when a particular class of inhabitants of a locality are the beneficiaries as when the the inhabitants as a whole are beneficiaries.
Lyndhurst LC said: ‘the term ‘the native inhabitants of Dacca’ is used in contradistinction to the European inhabitants or the descendants of European inhabitants.’
Citations:
(1842) 1 Ph 185
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Cited – Gibbs v Harding and others ChD 12-Jan-2007
The testatrix left a will anticipating making another. The court was asked whether a clause leaving her estate to ‘be taken over by the Diocese of Westminster to hold in trust for the Black community of Hackney’ was valid.
Held: The gift was . .
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Charity
Updated: 01 May 2022; Ref: scu.247691