In Re Peacock, Decd Midland Bank Executor And Trustee Co Ltd v Peacock

Subject Matter

WILL — Lapse — Class gift — Public policy — Manslaughter of testator by wife — Bequest of residue to wife, son and stepson “in equal shares as tenants in common” — Whether a class gift — Whether wife's share divisible between son and stepson or went as on intestacy — Wills Act, 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26), s. 15.

PUBLIC POLICY — Administration of estates.