References: [1912] UKHL 4, [1913] AC 76
Links: Bailii
Coram: Viscount Haldane LC
Ratio: The court asked whether an executor could validly pawn an asset of the estate. Also, the transfers of the two properties previously in the ownership of the testatrix were made by virtue of the dispositions in her will, which have become operative because of the assents of them made by her executors.
This case is cited by:
- Cited – Thompson v Bee and Another CA (Times, Bailii, [2009] EWCA Civ 1212)
The parties disputed the extent and nature of the use allowed for an unregistered but express right of way. The track had been obtained by use for agriculture. The dominant owner appealed against a finding that it was limited to agricultural use, . .
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Last Update: 18 November 2017
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