Can a legatee appoint himself as the executor of a will?

Saskatchewan, Canada


The following excerpt is from Canada Trust Company v. Berwick, 1947 CanLII 189 (SK CA):

Where the power of appointment may be exercised by deed, then the legatee can appoint himself, and so has complete power as to the disposition of the fund: Barford v. Street (1809) 16 Ves Jun 135, 33 ER 935.

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