What is the difference between a testator’s mode of giving residue and giving legacy?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Blackstock v. Bartrop, 1956 CanLII 175 (SK QB):
Referring to Billings v. Sandom, the Master of the Rolls in Cambridge v. Rous, supra, said that the testator’s mode of giving the residue, contrasted with the mode of giving the particular legacy, afforded evidence, that one was given absolutely, and only a limited interest in the other.
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