3  per  cents.  In  1848  the  contingency
happened,  when  the  fund  reverted,  and
amounted  to  considerably  more  than
16,000/.  Held,  that  the  legatees  were
entitled  to  money  legacies  only,  and  not
to  the  whole  fund.  Loteombe  v.  IVin-
trimghttm,  vol.  12.  p.  46

4.  A,  bequeathed  property  amounting  to
1,279/.  to  B.  Subsequently  B,  after  re-
ferring to  the  will  of  A.,  and  that  he  was
desirous  of  making  the  following  legacies
to  A,*B  relations,  ^queathed  to^them  le-
gacies amounting  to  2,800/.;  and  pro-
ceeded — but  if  the  property  **  I  became
entitled  to  under  the  will  of  A.  should
fall  short  and  be  deficient  in  paying  such
legacies,  my  desire  is,  that  600/.  out  of
any  other  part  of  my  personal  estate  shall
be  paid  and  applied  for  that  purpose."
Held,  that  the  legacies,  though  nominally
amounting  to  2,800/.,  were  limited  to
1,279/.  plmi  600/.,  and  that  they  must
therefore  abate.    Bead  v.  Strangwayi,

voL  14,  p.  139

6.  Bequest  of  10,000/.  sterling,  "  being  my
share  of  the  capital  now  engaged  in  the
banking  buainess,"  &c.  Held,  to  be  a
demonstrative  and  not  a  specific  legacy.
Sparrow  v.  Jouelyn.  vol.  16,  p.  186

VOL.  zzxvi~3.
