Re Moore; Taylor v Sherring

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 07 November 1947
• Date: 07 November 1947
• Court: High Court

In re Moore; Taylor

and

Sherring

-Bequest of "any moneys on deposit" - Whether National Savings Certificates included in bequest.

Testatrix died possessed of assets amounting in value to about £1,800, including £351 on deposit in an English bank, £27 on deposit in an English building society and National Savings Certificates, issued to her by an English post office, to the value of £804. By her will, she bequeathed to the defendants "any moneys on deposit in England."Held that the National Savings Certificates passed under this bequest. Where common words or expressions are used in a will, the Court is not bound by any presumption in favour of some special or restricted meaning, but will adopt that meaning which seems in all...