In 1919 Russell, a Roman Catholic, appeared in front of the House of Lords in Bourne v Keane [1919] AC 815, in which the Lords overturned the rule that a bequest for masses for the dead was void for being "for superstitious uses".
In 1919, Russell, a Roman Catholic, appeared before the House of Lords in Bourne v Keane [1919] AC 815. The Lords decided that bequests for masses to the dead were not void because they were "for superstitious uses."