Attorney-General (NSW) v Donnelly [1958] HCA 1; (1958) 98 CLR 538 (11 March 1958)

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

ATTORNEY-GENERAL (N.S.W.) v. DONNELLY [1958] HCA 1; (1958) 98 CLR 538

Will

High Court of Australia
Dixon C.J.(1), McTiernan(1), Williams(2), Webb(2) and Kitto(3) JJ.

CATCHWORDS

Will - Constitution - Grazing property - Trust for orders of nuns - To be selected by trustees - "Orders" - Term of canon law - Congregations of sisters - Whether included in objects of trust - Trust for provision of amenities in convents - To be selected by trustees - Active orders - Contemplative orders - Charitable and non-charitable purposes - Validity of trusts - Conveyancing Act 1919-1954 (N.S.W.), S. 37 D.

HEARING

Sydney, 1957, November 21, 22, 25;
Melbourne, 1958, March 11. 11:3:1958

DECISION

Cocks v. Manners (1871) LR 12 Eq 574
Gilmour v. Coats [1949] UKHL 1; (1949) AC 426
Smith v. West Australian Trustee Executor & Agency Co. Ltd. [1950] HCA 32; (1950) 81 CLR 320
Blair v. Duncan (1902) AC 37
Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorp.) v. Simpson [1944] UKHL 2; (1944) AC 341
Stewart v. Green (1871) IR 5 Eq 470
In re Delany's Estate (1882) LR Ir 9 Ch 226
Morrow v. M'Conville (1883) LR Ir 11 Ch 236
Bradshaw v. Jackman (1887) LR Ir 21 Ch 12
In re Byrne (dec'd.); Shaw v. Attorney-General (1935) Ir R 782
Munster and Leinster Bank v. Attorney-General (1940) Ir R 19
In re Keogh; McNamee v. Mansfield (1945) Ir R 13
In re Rickard (dec'd.); Harbison v. Meany (1954) LR NI 100
Cocks v. Manners (1871) LR 12 Eq
In re Clarke; Clarke v. Clarke (1901) 2 Ch 110
In re Smith; Johnson v. Bright-Smith (1914) 1 Ch 937
In re Drummond; Ashworth v. Drummond (1914) 2 Ch 90
In re Taylor; Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Co. Ltd. v. Smith (1940) Ch 481
In re Price; Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Co. Ltd. v. Harwood (1943) Ch 422
Carne v. Long [1860] EngR 786; (1860) 2 De G F & J 75 (45 ER 550)
In re Cain (dec'd.); National Trustees Executors & Agency Co. of Australasia Ltd. v. Jeffrey (1950) VLR 382
Gilmour v. Coats [1949] UKHL 1; (1949) AC 426; (1948) Ch 1
Bowman v. Secular Society Ltd. (1917) AC 406
Houston v. Burns (1918) AC 337
Smith v. West Australian Trustee Executors & Agency Co. Ltd. [1950] HCA 32; (1950) 81 CLR 320
In re Hollole (dec'd.) (1945) VLR 295
In re Belcher (dec'd.) (1950) VLR 11
Union Trustees & Co. of Australia Ltd. v. Church of England Property Trust (1946) 46 SR (NSW) 298; 63 WN 153
Lloyd v. Federal Commissioner of Taxation [1955] HCA 71; (1955) 93 CLR 645
In re Ashton (1955) NZLR 192
In re Hollole (1945) VLR 295
In re Belcher (1950) VLR 11
Houston v. Burns (1918) AC 337
Morice v. Bishop of Durham [1805] EngR 97; (1805) 10 Ves Jun 522 (32 ER 947)
Carne v. Long [1860] EngR 786; (1860) 2 DeGF & J 75(45 ER 550)
Commissioner for Special Purposes of Income Tax v. Pemsel [1891] UKHL 1; (1891) AC 531
In re Swain; Phillips v. Poole (1908) 99 LT 604
In re Compton; Powell v. Compton (1945) Ch 123
Kennedy v. Kennedy (1914) AC 215
Union Trustee Co. of Australia Ltd. v. Church of England Property Trust, Diocese of Sydney (1946) 46 SR (NSW) 298; 63 WN 153
In the Will of Forrest (1913) VLR 425
Morice v. Bishop of Durham [1805] EWHC J80 (Ch); [1805] EWHC J80 (Ch); (1805) 10 Ves 522 (32 ER 947)
In re Griffiths; Griffiths v. Griffiths (1926) VLR 212
In re Bond; Brennan v. Attorney-General (1929) VLR 333
'Mixed Charitable and Non-Charitable Gifts' (1940) 14 ALJ 58
In re Ashton (dec'd.) ; Siddall v. Gordon (1955) NZLR 192
Re Macgregor; Thompson v. Ashton (1932) 32 SR (NSW) 483; 49 WN 179
Re Price; Price v. Church of England Property Trust, Diocese of Goulburn (1935) 35 SR (NSW) 444; 52 WN 139
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne v. Lawlor [1934] HCA 14; (1934) 51 CLR 1
Hunter v. Attorney-General (1899) AC 309
Bourne v. Keane (1919) AC 815
In re Ogden; Brydon v. Samuel (1933) Ch 678
Perpetual Trustee Co. (Ltd.) v. Wittscheibe (1940) 40 SR (NSW) 501 57 WN 166
Tatham v. Huxtable [1950] HCA 56; (1950) 81 CLR 639
Inland Revenue Commissioners v. Broadway Cottages Trust (1955) Ch 20
In re Sayer; MacGregor v. Sayer (1957) Ch 423
Morice v. Bishop of Durham (1805) 10 Ves 521 (32 ER 947)
In re Thompson; Public Trustee v. Lloyd (1934) Ch 342
Gleeson v. Phelan (1914) 15 SR (NSW) 30 32 WN 2
Van Kerkvoorde v. Moroney [1917] HCA 47; (1917) 23 CLR 426
In re Cain (1950) VLR 382
Attorney-General v. Bishop of Chester [1785] EngR 118; (1785) 1 Bro CC 444 (28 ER 1229)
Union Trustee Co. of Australia Ltd. v. Church of England Property Trust, Diocese of Sydney (1946) SR (NSW) 298; 63 WN 153