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whether a gift which was clearly educational was a
valid charitable gift, it xvas not relevant to evaluate
the contribution made, but that did not prevent the
court from ascertaining, if necessary by evidence,
whether a gift had any educational tendency, and
that in the present case such evidence must be
received ; second, that the gift, which included some
objects of historical interest and of artistic interest,
though slight, might be of public benefit and was,
therefore, a valid charitable bequest. The next-of-
kin of the testator appealed :
Held, (Harman, Davies and Russell .).
(1) that on the true construction of ill and
codicils the testator's intention was that the entire
contents of the studio should be exhibited as a whole,
the only exception being that articles not of an
antique nature might be disposed of so that the
selective exhibition, which was essential to the judge's
conclusion, was not justified by the terms of the will.
(2) That where the validity of a gift to establish a
museum was concerned and the utility of the gift
was brought in question, it was essential for the
court to know something of the quality and artistic
or aesthetic merit of the proposed exhibits in order
to judge whether they would be conducive to the
education of the public, and for that purpose to hear
expert evidence : while the quality and artistic or
aesthetic merit of the proposed collection of exhibits
was a matter of taste, and tastes differed, there was
an accepted canon of taste on which the court had
to rely, for it had no judicial knowledge of such
matters itself.
(3) That the evidence was overwhelming that the
collection of proposed exhibits was worthless as a
means of education, and no useful purpose could be
served by foisting on the public a " mass of junk "
and that, therefore, the gifts did not constitute a
valid charitable trust.
In re Pinion, deed. Westminster Bank Ltd. v.
Pinion & Anor. (1964) 2 WL.R. 919.
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