Thornber v Wilson
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 08 November 1858 |
| Date | 08 November 1858 |
| Court | High Court of Chancery |
English Reports Citation: 62 E.R. 135
HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY
S. C. 28 L. J. Ch. 145; 4 Jur. (N. S.) 1268. See In re Delany [1902], 2 Ch. 646.
Mortmain. Descriptio Personœ.
[350] thoknbbr v. wilson. Nov. 8, 1858. [S. C. 28 L. J. Ch. 145; 4 Jur. (N. S.) 1268. See In re Delany [1902], 2 Ch. 646.] Mortmain. Descriptio Personce. A gift to " the then minister of the Catholic Chapel at K." of a surplus of the produce of the sale of some of testator's real estate held void. The testator in this cause devised to the officiating minister of the Roman Catholic Chapel of Kendal, for the term of seven years, the rents and profits of certain real estate. This devise the Court had on a previous occasion determined to be invalid, as being within the Mortmain Act (see 3 Drew. 245), and the cause now ò coming on again the opinion of the Court was desired on the devise to trustees, subject to the said term of seven years, on trust to sell and to pay his funeral and testamentary expenses and certain legacies, and as to the surplus, on trust to pay it " to the then minister of the Roman Catholic Chapel at Kendal" to whom he bequeathed the same, and he made him also his residuary legatee. The nephew of the Roman Catholic minister living at the testator's death claimed the surplus money produced by the sale. Mr. G-lasse and Mr. Sidney Smith, for the Plaintiff. Mr. Wickens, for the Crown. The decision upon the gift of the rents for seven years in fact governs this, the gift is to the same person and in the same language!; it is clear the testator did not mean a personal benefit to A. B., merely describing him for certainty by his office, but a gift to whoever should be minister of the chapel, that is, a gift to the chapel, and that is void. : FALKNER V. EQrWHC4KLE'BEFBRSIOITABY SOCIETY 4 DREWBY, 351- {351} Mr. Shapter and Mr. Wakefield, for the. nephew of the Eoman Catholic minister. ò ' ~ The gift is to the then minister; not to whoever should be minister. He describes him by his office, not as a gift to the office, but as a mere deseriptio persona, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Speed and...
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