Re Nottage. Jones v Palmer

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1895
Year1895
CourtCourt of Appeal
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22 cases
  • Baddeley and Others (Trustees of the Newtown Trust) v Commissioners of Inland Revenue
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 17 February 1955
    ...and interpretation" of the preamble to the Act of 43 Eliz. c. 4. Against these authorities must be set the decision in In reNottage, [1895] 2 Ch. 649, distinguished by Clauson, J., on the ground that "mere" sport was no doubt not charitable. I find it difficult to see why the addition of th......
  • Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Baddeley and Others (Trustees of the Newtown Trust)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 17 February 1955
    ...Bennett J. held that a bequest of money to provide public recreation or playgrounds for the children was a valid charitable gift. 32 In re Nottage [1895] 2 Ch. 649 is clearly distinguishable: money was bequeathed to provide annually a cup for yacht racing, so the only possible beneficiar......
  • Commissioners of Inland Revenue v McMullen
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 6 March 1980
    ...from those which are now generally accepted. 19 In saying this I do not in the least wish to cast doubt on the case of In re Nottage [1895] 2 Ch. 649, which was referred to in both courts below and largely relied on by the Respondents here. Strictly speaking In re Nottage was not a case abo......
  • Commissioners of Inland Revenue v McMullen
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 18 October 1978
    ...of those people who engage therein. There is clear authority of this court that a trust for such purposes is not charitable (see re Nottage (1895) Chancery, 649), and it is also clear that if on the true construction of a trust instrument the trust property may consistently therewith he app......
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