Supreme Court of India
Sadaram Suryanarayana & Anr. v. Kalla Surya Kantham & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid principles that once the testator has given an absolute right and interest in his entire property to a devisee it is not open to the testator to further G bequeath the same property in favour of the second set of persons in the same will, a testator cannot create successive legatees in his will.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Indian Succession Act, 1925 - Will - Execution of - Testator bequeathing property in absolute terms in favour of her daughters - Latter part of bequest purporting to vest the same property in their female offspring - Interpretation of - Held: It is clear from the Will that testatrix had made an unequivocal and absolute bequest in favour of her daughters - By the latter part all such property as remained available o in the hands of the legatees at the time of demise, were to devolve upon their female offspring - Latter part is redundant since it was repugnant to the clear intention of
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