King & anr v Gershon Robertson (St Vincent and the Grenadines) [2014] UKPC 34
Wills & Trusts Law Reports | June 2015 #150The appeal arose out of a disputed claim to land.
In 1856 or 1857 W, who had been seised of land in fee simple, died. His will set out to leave a life interest in the land to his widow and thereafter to his four named children and after them to five named grandchildren. One of those grandchildren had (at least) two sons, E and B.
The respondent, G, was the grandson of B.
The appellants, K and R, derived their title from the other son E. In 1947, E had made a will asserting that he was the freehold owner of the land, it having devolved upon him as the heir at law of W...