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In Re Bancroft; Bancroft v Bancroft

Subject Matter

WILL — Gift of “all my rights in connection with the play ‘D’” — No “contrary intention” — Contract for sale of film Rights. Completion after Death of Testator — Right of Legatee to the purchase Price — Wills Act, 1837 (1 Vict. c. 26), s. 24.

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