INFORMAL WILL
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) MELBOURNE, May 28.
A will written on the back of a letter and put in a cigarette box on a farmer's kitchen dresser, today upset the inheritance of a £40,000 estate The will was not found until four months after the death of the farmer, William Lee Wason, aged 74. of Myola, about 120 miles north of Melbourne. It was thought Mr Wason died without leaving a will and letter's of administration were granted. After an eight-day hearing in the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Little today revoked the letters of administration
and granted probate of the wiU.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30144, 30 May 1963, Page 18
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