Indian Succession Act, 1925
Indian Succession Act, 1925
XIV — —Of Specific Legacies · Section 143

Bequest of certain sum where stocks, etc., in which invested are described

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Where a certain sum is bequeathed, the legacy is not specific merely because the stock, funds or securities in which it is invested are described in the will.

Illustration A bequeaths to B— “10,000 rupees of my funded property”: “10,000 rupees of my property now invested in shares of the East Indian Railway Company”: “10,000 rupees, at present secured by mortgage of Rampur factory”. No one of these legacies is specific.

Judgments on Section 143