DRUMMOND v MASTER OF THE HIGH COURT & ORS 1990 (2) ZLR 227 (S)
Citation | 1990 (2) ZLR 227 (S) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | Gubbay CJ, Manyarara JA & Korsah JA |
Heard | 9 August 1990 |
Judgment | 24 August 1990 |
Counsel | D A B Robinson for the appellant |
Case Type | Civil Appeal |
Annotations | No case annotations to date |
Flynote
Administration of estates — renunciation of appointment as executor dative and subsequent purported retraction of such renunciation — rights of alternative nominee — Administration of Estates Act [Chapter 301] Master no power to accept such retraction but High Court entitled in a proper case to do so.
Will — meaning of the words "unable for whatsoever reason to act" — benevolent construction to be given in order to ascertain testator's intention.
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