Supreme Court Upholds Charitable Bequest and Acceleration of Remainder in Will Interpretation. The Court held that a bequest for two purposes without allocation results in equal moieties, and that the remainder is accelerated when the life legatee predeceases the testator under Section 105 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925.
17 Mar 1969The dispute concerned the interpretation of a will executed by one Appanna on 14 July 1948. Appanna died on 12 March 1953 without a wife or lineal des...
