ABINASH CHANDRA BANNERJI AND OTHERS versus UTTARPARA HLTAKARI SABHA AND OTHERS

ABINASH CHANDRA BANNERJI AND OTHERS versus UTTARPARA HLTAKARI SABHA AND OTHERS

On the happening of the last contingency, the testator intended that legal heirs should regularly pay half the net income to the respondent for specified charities, creating a trust rather than a mere charge.

Parties
Appellant: Abinash Chandra Bannerji; Respondent: Uttarpara Hitakari Sabha
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
18 April 1961
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Appeal From Judgment and Decree of Allahabad High Court in Special Appeal No. 36 of 1955
Outcome
appeal dismissed
Legal Topics
Will Construction, Trust Versus Charge, Charitable Bequest
Property Law Succession Law Will Construction Trust Versus Charge Charitable Bequest

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Parties

Abinash Chandra Bannerji

Appellant

Uttarpara Hitakari Sabha

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Civil Appeal / Appeal From Judgment and Decree of Allahabad High Court in Special Appeal No. 36 of 1955

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the testamentary direction to pay half the income to charity created a trust or a charge.

Ratio Decidendi

On the happening of the last contingency, the testator intended that legal heirs should regularly pay half the net income to the respondent for specified charities, creating a trust rather than a mere charge.

Court Disposition

appeal dismissed

Orders

  • Conclusion of the High Court affirmed; legal heirs hold the property subject to a trust in favor of the respondent; appeal fails and is dismissed with costs.