FARMER'S WILL
INTERPRETATION SOUGHT A motion for the Court's interpretation of clauses in the will of the late Martin Kelly, fanner, Maraetai, was heard by Mr. Justice Callan in the Supreme Court to-day. The testator died in December, 1942, leaving an estate of the value of £23,000, largely in farms, subject to gifts to members of the family of eight children. The questions brought before the Court by the New Zealand Insurance Co., Ltd. (Mr. Mellsop), related to a residuary amount of £5612 from which £2000 had been set aside as required by the will to provide the widow with an annuity of £52. The broad question was whether the remaining £3600 could be distributed among the grandchildren (represented by Mr. A. K. Turner), or should be held by the trustees for contingency. The children were represented by Mr. Dyson. . After having heard legal argument, his Honor ruled that the residue of £3600 was a contingent bequest to the children, conditional on their being alive at the death or remarriage of the widow.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 85, 11 April 1945, Page 6
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