Attorney General v Pearce
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 06 December 1740 |
| Date | 06 December 1740 |
| Court | High Court of Chancery |
English Reports Citation: 26 E.R. 454
HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY
See Hall v. Derby Sanitary Authority, 1885, 16 Q. B. D. 171.
Case 86.-stone versus evans, at the Rolls, before Mr. Justice "Wright, December 14, 1740. A testator gives the residue of his estate to his executrix, or to her heirs, executors, administrators or assigns; she died in his life-time; Mr. Justice Wright held, it was given her as executrix, and she dying before him, he is dead intestate as to the residue. Asgil Evans by his will devises to his nephew Rollinson Evans all his dividends on his South-sea annuities, and afterwards by a codicil gives his niece Margaret Stone. 20 a year for her life, to be paid out of his South-sea annuities; held not to be a . revocation in Mo, but that both devises may stand consistently together. The will of Asgil Evans. Imprimis, I give unto my nephew Rollinson Evans all the income or dividend on my South-sea...
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