Straus v Goldsmid

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date11 August 1837
Date11 August 1837
CourtHigh Court of Chancery

English Reports Citation: 59 E.R. 243

HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY

Straus
and
Goldsmid. 1

Charity Jews.

' [614] straus v. g-oldsmid.(i) August 11, 1837. Charity. Jews. A bequest to enable persons professing the Jewish religion to observe its rites, is good. A testator bequeathed one-third of his residuary personal estate in the following words : - "The remaining third of the above residue to be given to the rulers and wardens of the Great Synagogue in this City of London in the manner hereinafter mentioned : that is to say, the interest or dividends arising from this third to be, every year on the eve of the Passover, distributed at least among 10 worthy men who have wives and children, among whom there ought to be some learned men, to purchase meat and wine fit for the service of the two nights of Passover." Mr. James Russell and Mr. Steer, for the Plaintiff. Mr. Goldsmid, for the Defendant G-oldsmid. [615] Mr. Wray, for the Attorney-General, submitted whether this bequest was not illegal, according to the doctrine in De Costa v. De Pax (2 Swans. 487, note). But the vice-chancellor...

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