Bullivant and Others v Attorney-General for Victoria (on Behalf of HM)

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date02 May 1901
Judgment citation (vLex)[1901] UKHL J0502-1
CourtHouse of Lords
Date02 May 1901
Bullivant and Others
and
Attorney-General for Victoria (On Behalf of Her Majesty).

[1901] UKHL J0502-1

House of Lords

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After hearing Counsel, as well on Tuesday last as this day, upon the Petition and Appeal of William Hose Bullivant, of Yeo Irrewarra, in the colony of Victoria, grazier, Joseph Henry Grey, of Geelong, in the said colony, solicitor, as executors of the will of James Austin, deceased, and in their personal capacities, and Frank Austin, of Avalon, near Lara, in the colony of Victoria, Esquire, and Stanley Austin, of Glastonbury, in the county of...

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