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RESULTING TRUSTS-continued.
trusts vague, lapsed, unlawful, 430

no trust declared, 430

purchase in name of stranger, resulting trust for person paying

purchase money, 430

expression of wish, 431

purchasers' rights barred by delay, 431
custom contrary to rule, 431

rule applies to joint purchase, 431

to personal as well as real estate, 432

purchase in fictitious name, 432

parol evidence admissible on behalf of person paying pur-
chase money, 432

on behalf of person to whom conveyance made, 433
to rebut presumption as to part of property, 433

not admissible to prove agency, 434

conveyance without consideration, resulting trust for
grantor, 434

son to father, 435

purchase in name of wife or child, no resulting trust, 435
reputed wife, 436

person in loco parentis, 436

purchase by mother, 437

fiduciary relationship, 438

when avoided as against creditors, 438

rule applies to personal estate, 438

surrounding circumstances to be considered, 438-440

purchase money unpaid, 440

joint tenancy when created, 440

copyholds granted for lives successivé, 441

purchase in name of child and a stranger considered as ad-

vancement, 441

evidence to rebut presumption of advancement, 441

antecedent and contemporaneous but not subsequent

acts and declarations of settlor, 442

possession by father, 443

dividends received by father, 443

devise, bequest, or lease of property, 443
child fully advanced, 444

purchase in pursuance of covenant, 444

transfer of trusts must be in writing or by will, 444

section refers to assignments by cestui que trust, 445
form of instrument, 445

REVIVAL,

of promise in consideration of marriage, 123

REVIVAL-continued.

whether when under Statute of Frauds second will revoked

first revived, 402-404

under Wills Act only by codicil, 404

immaterial whether second will contained revocatory
clause, 404

REVOCATION,

of parol license, 5-9

See "LICENSE BY PAROL."

of brokers' authority, 301

REVOCATION OF WILLS,

provisions of sixth section of Statute of Frauds, 356

as to will of lands, 356

by another will or codicil, 356

acts of destruction, 356

as to will of personalty, 356
by writing, 357

provisions of Wills Act,

as to revocation by another will or codicil, 357
distinction between "will or codicil,” and some writing,"

357

before Statute of Frauds parol revocation allowed, 358
difference between devising and revocatory sections of Statute

of Frauds, 358

parol evidence of intention to revoke not admissible, 359
future intention to revoke declared in second will not suffi-

cient, 359

revocatory instrument need not be signed under Statute of
Frauds, 361

revocatory acts under Statute of Frauds and Wills Act must
be done by, or in the presence of testator, 361

and with intention of revoking, 362

onus of proof of revocation, 362

testator cannot authorize post mortem destruction of will, 362
revocation by instructions for a new will under Statute of

Frauds, 363

distinction between "unfinished" and "unexecuted "

papers, 363

subsequent unfinished paper, operation of, under Statute
of Frauds, 363

revocation by subsequent non-appearing will, 364

by second inoperative will, 364

revocatory clause inserted by mistake, 365

wills under powers of appointment, revocatory clauses in,

365

second will, existence of alone not revocation, 367

REVOCATION OF WLLS-continued.

"last will," not revocation if no different disposition, 367
inconsistent wills of same date, effect of, 368

when several papers admitted to probate, 368

consistent parts admitted, inconsistent revoked, 369
express clause of revocation, effect of, 369

executors, appointment of in second will not necessarily revo-
cation, 370

prior independent disposition, when supported, 371
destruction, revocation by, act of, 371

must be unequivocal act of, 371
tearing off signature or seal, 371

question of revocation by, is one of intention, 371

primâ facie revocation intended by, 371

but will may be cancelled without revocation, 372
as by accident, 372

or while testator insane, 372

or by mistake, 372

destruction by third person, 372

onus of proving cancellation, &c., to be act of testator, is on
opposers, 373

declarations by testator of intention not to adhere to will
admissible, 373

revocation by partial destruction, 373

sufficient if act done animo revocandi, 373
attempt to destroy not always sufficient, 374
revocation of act of revoking, 375

presumption of revocation of missing will, 376

will traced to possession of testator, and not forthcoming,

376

or found mutilated, 377

will traced out of testator's possession, 377
evidence to rebut, 378, 379

missing will, when admitted to probate, 379
draft or copy should be produced, 380
parol evidence admissible to prove contents, 380
declarations of testator, 381

deliberative revocation, 381

partial obliteration under Statute of Frauds, 382
part obliterated alone revoked, 382

partial destruction, rule same, 383

obliterations and alterations under Wills Act, 383
must be executed as will, 383

revocation by destruction under Wills Act, 384
"tearing" includes "cutting," 384

part cut revocation pro tanto, 384

REVOCATION OF WILLS-continued.

revocation by destruction under Wills Act-continued.
destruction of signatures, 384

of last, only necessary as a rule, 387
destruction of seal, 386

evidence admissible to show that tearing caused acci-
dentally, 386

partial revocation by tearing, 387

cancelling not revocation under Wills Act, 387

when parol evidence admissible to show what obliterated words
were, 388-390

effect of probate "with alterations," &c., 390

alteration in will made before Wills Act

presumed to have been made before act came into opera-
tion, 390

blanks when presumed to have been filled up, 391

execution of alterations, 392

evidence as to alterations, 392

obliterations, &c., in will made before but altered after 1st

January, 1838, 393

alterations in will made since Wills Act, 393

presumed to have been made after execution, 393

onus on party supporting alteration, 393

rebuttal of presumption, 394

declarations by testator, 394

expert evidence, 395

testator in actual military service, 395

sheet interpolated, effect of, 396

codicil not noticing alteration, 396

dependent relative revocation, 397-400

doctrine does not apply to past transactions, 400

no new will made, 400

partial obliteration and new disposition, 400

complete obliteration, 400

mistake in point of law, 401

reference to another document not of testamentary char-

acter, 401

whether when under Statute of Frauds second will revoked,

first revived, 402-404

revoked will now only revived by codicil, 404

immaterial whether second will contained revocatory
clause, 404

parol evidence admissible to prove contents of second
will, 404

must be strong, 405

but not of intention to revive, 405

REVOCATION OF WILLS-continued.

duplicate wills,

presumption of revocation by cancellation or destruction
of one, 406

effect of alterations in one of duplicate wills, 407
whether when will destroyed codicil revoked, 408

SALE,

semble not, 410

codicil revoking will does not necessarily revoke prior
codicil, 410

by auction or in bankruptcy within statute, 65

under order of court not, 65

of security or lien not, 104

SALE OF GOODS,

contract for sale of, 186

exceptions in seventeenth section, 186

executory contracts within statute, 187

when contract is for sale of goods, and when for work and

labour done and materials furnished, 188-190

contract to make up materials and affix them to land, 190
for "price" or "value" of £10, 191

acceptance of goods,

may be prior to receipt, 191-193

after action brought, 193

test of, 193

special lien or interest, 195

of sample, 195-197

constructive, 197

acts of ownership by vendee, evidence of, 198-203
marking goods, 203

of one of several articles, acceptance of all if contract
entire, 204-206

secus if contract not entire, or if goods sent in excess of
order, 206

sale by auction distinct contract for each lot, 206

goods not made, 207

goods sold by principal as agent, 207

mixed contract, 207

vendee must have an opportunity of judging whether goods
correspond with sample, 208

user or experiments to ascertain quality, 209

goods need not be returned, 210

delay in refusing may amount to acceptance, 211-214
purchaser cannot after acceptance withdraw unless fraud,

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