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Prayer for the Dead. A bequest of personal estate for masses for the dead is not void as a gift to superstitious uses, Bourne v. Keane, 119 AC 815; overruling West v. Shuttleworth, (1835) 2 My&K 684, and the cases decided thereunder. See also O'Hanlon v. Logue, (1906) 1 Ir 247, and Re Caus. Lindenboom v. Camille, 1934 Ch 162, A tombstone bearing an inscription 'Of your charity pray for the repose of the soul of' or similar words can be removed, Pearson v. Stead, 1903, P. 66, but see Capel St. Mary v. Packard, 1927, P. 289.