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DRUMMOND v MASTER OF THE HIGH COURT & ORS 1990 (2) ZLR 227 (S)

1990 (2) ZLR p227

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
D A Matyszak for the second respondent

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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