Nelan v Downes
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | [1917] HCA 51,1917-1001 HCA A |
| Date | 1917 |
| Year | 1917 |
| Court | High Court |
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3 cases
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Aid/watch Incorporated v Commissioner of Taxation
...5 Russ 288 [ 38 ER 1035]. 44 But not in the Australian colonies, where the law as to superstitious uses did not apply: Nelan v Downes (1917) 23 CLR 546 at 550, 568, 572; [1917] HCA 45 Before the enactment of the Roman Catholic Charities Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will IV c 115). 46 (1828) 5 Russ 288 a......
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ATTORNEY-GENERAL v Family First New Zealand
...necessary but not sufficient pre-condition for charitable purpose. The well-established rules governing 203 204 205 206 Nelan v Downes (1917) 23 CLR 546, as cited in Dal Pont, above n 183, at 64 for the proposition that gifts for the saying of masses can qualify as a charitable purpose even......
- British Malaya Trustee & Executor Company Ltd (The present trustees of the Will of Khoo Cheng Teow, deceased), The v Khoo Seng Seng (The administrator of the estate of Khoo Kok Oon, deceased) certain parts of the estate of Khoo Cheng Teow devised by his will dated 19 December 1895 and the Civil Procedure Code s 68(8)
2 books & journal articles
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Religious charitable status and public benefit in Australia.
...to trivialise religious belief. (76) See, eg, O'Hanlon v Logue [No 2] [1906] 1 IR 247; Maguire v A-G [1943] IR 238; Nelan v Downes (1917) 23 CLR 546. The latter case concerned the charitable status of a testamentary gift for masses to be said for the souls of the testatrix and her husband. ......
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Trusts for Religious Purposes and the Question of Public Benefit
...See also Re Cranston [1898] 1 IR 431 (an animal welfare case); Attorney-General vBecher [1910] 2 IR251; NelanvDownes (1916^17) 23 CLR 546.85 Charities Bill 2007,s 3(4) at www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/bills/2007/3107/b3107d.pdf(vis-ited 18October 20 07).86 [1934] 1 Ch 162.87 n 72 abov......