A DOUBLE LEGACY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 232, 29 September 1915, Page 7

A DOUBLE LEGACY.

curious ponrr in a wtill. A NIECE MENTIONED TWI<~F.. A airioun ieatiirr in a will vw refprred to Mr. .Justice Hosking th« mornmg for interpretation. The difficulty was that one person, presumably the same person, had bern named twice in one will. The t<*tator called the lepatee Ellen in cine line of the will, and Nellie a few lines further on in the name will He bequeathed fICMI to "Kllen." and £.'>( l to "Nelh.-." hotli names apparently ha\ing reference to the one young lad} whose proper name ,-h* Helen Victoria. Mr. T, N. Mj.xter appeared for the executor of the will, and Mr. .1. Stanton lor the lejutec < nncerned. Mr* Mi-Guffie. nee Nellie -..ati- The Hon. I A. Tolf. X.< . »ppea!r-,i for the Public Tru^te,Mr. Ilaxter explained that the will was that of the late John Robert I.iddle. farmer, late of (iieborne. and latterly of Auckland and had U-i-n drawn on 6th ■lanuar>. IKI3. one month befuri the death of the testator. In it ue hail Iμqueathisl Clutl t<. lin. n'uw. Kllen Sccat*. iind n tin- will C■"><> U) lit niece. Sellie The f.osnt for the ( ourt to decide «;»- whether the legatee was to take boll) legacies. After lengthy le<:al argument, judgment »a- reserved