The Calcutta Law Journal Short Notes of Cases Articles and Other Matters May 16th & June 1st 1933

THE EFFECT OF MURDER ON THE RIGHT OF THE MURDERER TO TAKE ANY BENEFIT IN THE ESTATE OF THE MURDERED PERSON UNDER THE ENGLISH LAW. [...] The Court below (Sir John Leech M. R.) decreed the action in Fauntleroy's case Sub-nom Bolland v. Disney (3) on the somewhat Grounds Of thy narrow ground that to avoid the obligation to pay decision of the the act of the party insured which produced the Court below. [...] Vas the object of the trust gone since Florence E. Maybrick was convicted of the murder of the insured and became dead in law ? The issue was side-tracked and the decision of the Division Bench (Denman and Will J J.) (I) turned on the question--In what capacity were the plaintiffs suing on the policy against the Grounds of the decision (on case insurers ? The plaintiffs held by accident the s [...] Now these personal representatives bring the suit not in their capcity of personal representatives of the deceased and for the benefit of his estate but because by virtue of the Married Women's Prperty Act 1882 they have become trustees of the moneys payable under the policy for the benefit of the wife—such trustees are in no better position than their cestue que trust. [...] Ecing the latest book in the maket it has the advantage of being more up-to-date than the others and the price is so moderate compared with the bulk of the work that* almost fear that the Look has been undervalued.