Denholm's Trustees v. Denholm's Trustees [1906] ScotLR 44_42 (07 November 1906)

Denholm's Trustees v. Denholm's Trustees [1906] ScotLR 44_42 (07 November 1906)

Upon a sound construction of the mutual settlement, the husband did not take a full and unlimited right of fee in and to the whole estate of his wife; his right was limited to sale, administration, and consumption during his lifetime, with the unconsumed portion passing to the wife's trustees.

Citation
[1906] ScotLR 44_42
Parties
Pursuer: Reverend Angus Cameron and others, trustees of Mrs Sarah Louisa Liddall M'Laren or Denholm; Defender: Mrs Isabel Dunlop or Denholm and others, trustees and executors of George Denholm
Jurisdiction
Scotland
Judgment Date
07 November 1906
Procedural Posture
Civil / Interlocutory Judgment on Construction of Mutual Settlement
Outcome
plea repelled; interlocutor adhered to; proof allowed on remaining issues
Legal Topics
Mutual Settlement, Liferent or Fee, Limited or Unlimited Right of Fee, Testamentary Disposition
Succession Trusts and Estates Mutual Settlement Liferent or Fee Limited or Unlimited Right of Fee Testamentary Disposition

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Parties

Reverend Angus Cameron and others, trustees of Mrs Sarah Louisa Liddall M'Laren or Denholm

Pursuer

Mrs Isabel Dunlop or Denholm and others, trustees and executors of George Denholm

Defender

Procedural Posture

Civil / Interlocutory Judgment on Construction of Mutual Settlement

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the husband took a full and unlimited right of fee in his wife's estate under the mutual settlement
  2. 2 Whether the defenders are obliged to account for the wife's estate

Ratio Decidendi

Upon a sound construction of the mutual settlement, the husband did not take a full and unlimited right of fee in and to the whole estate of his wife; his right was limited to sale, administration, and consumption during his lifetime, with the unconsumed portion passing to the wife's trustees.

Court Disposition

plea repelled; interlocutor adhered to; proof allowed on remaining issues

Orders

  • Repels head (a) of plea 4 for the defenders
  • Adheres to the Lord Ordinary's interlocutor