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A transfers property to B for life, and after his death to C and D, equally to be divided between them,…

The facts reproduce the illustration to section 24 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, where a transfer to C and D or the survivor of them, with the survivorship fixed at…

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A transfers property to B for life, and after his death to C and D, equally to be divided between them, or to the survivor of them. C dies during the lifetime of B. D survives B. At B's death

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The facts reproduce the illustration to section 24 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, where a transfer to C and D or the survivor of them, with the survivorship fixed at the death of the life-tenant B, means that at B's death "The property passes to D". C, having died during B's lifetime, takes nothing.

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