Cheese v Lovejoy
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1876 |
| Date | 1876 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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8 cases
- Mana Seena Veeran (Deceased), Re; Rajoo s/o Magalee Karupiah and Another v Hussain s/o MS Veeran
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Re Mana Seena Veeran (deceased)
...is revoked, and throwing it into the waste paper basket, will not revoke the will if it is in fact preserved. In Cheese v Lovejoy (1875-6) 2PD 251 the testator drew his pen through the lines of various parts of his will wrote on the back of it, `This is revoked` and threw it among a heap of......
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The Estate of Mary Philomena Maureen McEnroe (otherwise Maureen McEnroe) deceased and the Succession Act, 1965 and an application by Evelyn O'Neill
...amount to a valid revocation unless executed in accordance with s. 86.” 22 Mr. Faughnan, while drawing attention to Cheese v. Lovejoy (1877) 2 P.D. 251 which decided that merely to strike through words in a will does not amount to revocation since there is no burning, tearing or destruction......
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Mrs Eveline Dawson v Ms Ann Dawson
...the intention of revoking the same”. It is clear from early authorities that both elements must be present: in Cheese v Lovejoy (1877) 2 P.D. 251 at [263] James LJ held that “all the destroying in the world without intention will not revoke a will, nor all the intention in the world without......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Oops! I lost my Will ' Lost wills and other things to think about after you sign your Will
...or after the testator's death: see Allan v Morrison [1900] AC 604, 609-11. 12Succession Act 2006 (NSW) s 11(1)(e). 13 Cheese v Lovejoy (1877) 2 PD 251, 253 (James 14 In the Goods of Lewis (1858) 164 ER 615; Re Adams [1990] 2 All ER 97, 99; see also Re Everest [1975] 2 WLR 333. 15 Succession......
1 books & journal articles
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Revocation of Wills
...destruction (e.g. simply crossing out wording or writing ‘revoked’ across the will) is not sufficient. In Cheese v Lovejoy (1876–77) LR 2 PD 251 the testator wrote ‘all these are cancelled’ on the will and crossed out part of it. He then threw it away but a servant found and preserved it, p......