Blair v Duncan and Another
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 17 December 1901 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1901] UKHL J1217-1 |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Date | 17 December 1901 |
[1901] UKHL J1217-1
House of Lords
Blair
and
Duncan and Another.
1
After hearing Counsel, as well on Monday the 25th as Tuesday the 26th days of November last, upon the Petition and Appeal of John Blair, Writer to the Signet, 9 Ettrick Road, Edinburgh, sole Executor and Trustee nominated and appointed by and acting under a Trust Disposition and Settlement and holograph Codicil, executed by the now deceased Miss Agnes Wilson Young, who resided at 22 Royal Circus, Edinburgh, both dated the 5th day of December 1898, and registered in the Books of Council and Session on the 2d day of February 1900, praying, That the matter of the Interlocutor set forth in the Schedule thereto, namely, an Interlocutor of the Lords of...
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