August 28, 2025
Allcard v Skinner 09 Jul 1887 36 Ch D 145, CA
Facts In 1868, the claimant, Miss Allcard, a woman of approximately 35 years, was introduced to the defendant, Miss Skinner, who was the lady superior of a Protestant institution known as the ‘Sisterhood of St. Mary at the Cross’. The sisterhood was a voluntary association of women dedicated to charitable work among the poor. In 1871, Miss Allcard became a full member of the sisterhood, taking vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. The vow of poverty required members to relinquish all their property, though not necessarily to the sisterhood itself. The rules of the order stipulated that members could not
