Re Faraker
1912 · [1912] 2 Ch 488
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- Facts
- A testatrix left money to Hannah Bayly's Charity, for poor widows of Rotherhithe. It had been merged with other local charities before her death.
- Issue
- Had the gift failed?
- Held
- No. The Court of Appeal held the charity continued in its merged form, and the gift went to it.
- Principle
- A charity that is amalgamated has not ceased to exist.
- Why it matters
- It explains why many apparent failures are not failures.
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