It was impossible to give sufficient meaning to the phrase ‘a person of the Jewish race’, and the condition failed for conceptual uncertainty, even in a condition precedent.
Dankwerts J
[1958] 1 WLR 1157
England and Wales
Citing:
Applied – Re Allen (dec’d) CA 1953
The testator had devised property to the eldest of the sons of his nephew ‘who shall be a member of the Church of England and an adherent to the doctrine of that Church’.
Held: The will created a condition precedent or qualification in . .
Cited by:
Cited – Re Tuck’s Settlement Trusts CA 1-Nov-1977
By his will, Sir Adolph Tuck sought to ensure that his successors should be Jewish, and stated that the arbitrators of this must be the Chief Rabbi of his community. . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Wills and Probate
Updated: 13 December 2021; Ref: scu.510142