Legal papers relating to the Flockhart Bequest
- Reference:GB 779 SOM/1/4
- Dates of Creation:1931-1934
Scope and Content
The papers in this section concern a bequest made by one Miss J. E. Flockhart of her heritable estate "...to the University of Edinburgh or Medical School of Edinburgh...". This provision was contested by the heirs as invalid on the grounds of uncertainty, but in a decision of the Court of Session the bequest was allowed to be divided up by the trustees of the estate between the University and the School of Medicine. The trustees offered the bequest to the University, which, declined it, and then to the School of Medicine, which also declined it. (For a related reference in Minutes of the Governing Board see SOM 2/1/1/3)
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