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In Re: Vittal Doss and anr.

Type Court Judgment Court Chennai Decided Oct 06, 1891
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Citation
Court
Chennai
Judge
Decided On
Subject
Family

Case Summary

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Succession Act - Act X of 1865, Section 182--Executor, appointment of, by implication--Administration with will annexed. -

Key legal issue
Family

Parties & Advocates

Appellant / Petitioner

In Re: Vittal Doss and anr.

Legal References

Reported In
(1892)ILR15Mad360

Excerpt

succession act - act x of 1865, section 182--executor, appointment of, by implication--administration with will annexed. - shephard, j.1. i do not think that the language used in this will is such that krisan doss can be said to be constructively appointed executor. my attention was called to the decision in the goods of badhika mohan sett 7 b.l.r., 563 in which the words of the will being somewhat similar the opinion was expressed that probate might be granted to the applicant as executor according to the tenor of the will. the case there mentioned does not bear out the proposition for which it is cited. in that case there was a direction that the person named should collect the testator's estate and pay all just debts, in other words, that he should discharge the function of executor. that therefore is a totally different case from the present. on the other hand, when the testator left all his property and effects to his wife without giving any further directions, the court held in the goods of thomas henry oliphant (1 sw. & tr., 525) in accordance with the practice, which had actually prevailed, that the wife was entitled to administer with the will annexed and not to probate.

Full Judgment

Shephard, J.

1. I do not think that the language used in this will is such that Krisan Doss can be said to be constructively appointed executor. My attention was called to the decision In the goods of Badhika Mohan Sett 7 B.L.R., 563 in which the words of the will being somewhat similar the opinion was expressed that probate might be granted to the applicant as executor according to the tenor of the will. The case there mentioned does not bear out the proposition for which it is cited. In that case there was a direction that the person named should collect the testator's estate and pay all just debts, in other words, that he should discharge the function of executor. That therefore is a totally different case from the present. On the other hand, when the testator left all his property and effects to his wife without giving any further directions, the Court held In the goods of Thomas Henry Oliphant (1 Sw. & Tr., 525) in accordance with the practice, which had actually prevailed, that the wife was entitled to administer with the will annexed and not to probate.

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