When a testator devised by the testator in his will to certain named persons who were appointed executors and trustees of his estate, is his legacy void for indefinitability?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Brooks (Estate) (Re), 1969 CanLII 593 (SK QB):
In Phelps v. Lord (1895) 25 OR 259, a testator devised by his will to certain named persons who were appointed the executors and trustees thereof, the remainder of his estate to be used to further “the cause of our Lord Jesus Christ.” It was herein held that the legacy was not void for indefiniteness.
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