A DREAM WILL.
Lord Anderson, in tho Court of fcossion, Edinburgh, disused of whaL is knottTi as the dream will case. Tl.io parties to the action wore the eldv-st son and heir-at-law, and the younu.^r son, the widow, and other children ->f the late Thomas Dunnett, boot and shoe merchant, Wick, who died possessed of means amounting to ov^r £8000. At the date of Mr Dunnett/s death no will could be found. .The younger son, however, elated that some time later the whereabouts of a will was suggested to him in a dream, and upon search being made in iiie pockets of a coat worn by his fat^v-r tho will produced was found. Thehfeir-at-law maintained that there was ..o will in the pocket when it was sear--'i-ed by him, and ho challenged the authority of the document produced.-— His Lordship gave judgment for plaintiff, holding that, the will producttl i was not that of tho Into Thomas DimI nett. His Lordship said he had re-ash-ed the conclusion that rho story of the dream was a purP invention, 1 desigiv.-d to lead up to and account for the discovery of the will. It. was not noccssary'to decide who forged the will.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 9212, 5 February 1918, Page 7
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A DREAM WILL.
Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 9212, 5 February 1918, Page 7
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