Douglas-Menzies v Umphelby

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1908
Date1908
CourtPrivy Council
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17 cases
  • Re Berger, decd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 July 1988
    ...wishes…In this sense it is inaccurate to speak of a man leaving two wills; he does leave, and can leave, but one will". ( Douglas-Menzies v. Umphelby [1908] A.C. 224 at 233). 45 Having regard to the existing distribution of business between the various divisions of the High Court, under whi......
  • Brown v Gregson
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 6 May 1920
    ... ... [They also cited Cooper v. Cooper F13 ; Codrington v. Codrington F14 ; Douglas-Menzies v. Umphelby F15 ; Pitman v. Crum Ewing F16 ; Bell's Commentaries, 7th ed., vol. i., p. 143; McLaren's Wills and Succession, 3rd ed., p. 254, § 471; ... ...
  • Civil Air Operations Officers Association of Australia v Airservices Australia
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 17 November 2020
    ...equivalent was the doctrine of equitable election between estates: Lissenden v CAV Bosch Ltd [1940] AC 412; Douglas-Menzies v Umphelby [1908] AC 224; Elder’s Trustee and Executor Co Ltd v Commonwealth Homes and Investment Co Ltd [1941] HCA 31; (1941) 65 CLR 603, 617 - 618. The notion of app......
  • Re Hafner Olhausen v Powderley
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 10 May 1943
    ...Ch. App. 20. (3) [1910] 1 Ch. 312. (4) 1 Bli. 1. (5) 2 Sch. & Lef. 444. (6) 9 Ir. Ch. R. 535. (7) 8 Ch. App. 578; L. R. 7 H. L. 854. (8) [1908] A. C. 224. (1) [1907] 2 I. R. 27. (2) [1929] 1 Ch. 300. (3) [1919] 1 Ch. 225. (4) [1905] 2 Ch. 441. (5) [1899] 1 I. R. 6. (6) [1925] A. C. 700. (7)......
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