In Re Duce and Boots Cash Chemists (Southern) Ltd’s Contract

Subject Matter

VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Sale of land — Abstract of title — Requisitions — Will of previous owner disclosed — Son to whom land bequeathed appointed sole executor — Daughter given right to occupy land during life or spinsterhood — Vesting assent by son — Consent to land vesting in himself — No release of her right by daughter — Whether vesting assent conclusive evidence that son “entitled to have the legal estate conveyed to him” — Administration of Estates Act, 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 23), s. 36, sub-s. 7.