Lord Evershed MR stated: ‘the courts will examine any case of alleged donatio mortis causa and reject it if in truth what is alleged as a donatio is an attempt to make a nuncupative will, or a will in other respects not complying with the forms required by the Wills Act.’
Lord Evershed MR
[1951] Ch 298, 1950] 2 All ER 1198
Wills Act 1837
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – King v The Chiltern Dog Rescue and Another CA 9-Jun-2015
This is an appeal by charities who are entitled to inherit under a will against a decision that (a) the deceased transferred her house to her nephew by a donatio mortis causa, alternatively (b) the nephew is entitled to recover andpound;75,000 . .
[2015] WLR(D) 245, [2015] EWCA Civ 581
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