Nelan v Downes
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Court | High Court |
| Neutral Citation | [1917] HCA 51,1917-1001 HCA A |
| Date | 1917 |
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2 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......
- 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......