THE LOST CODICIL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1792, 3 July 1913, Page 7

THE LOST CODICIL.

SC O'TT-SACKVILL E WILL CASE,

•SIR EDWARD CMjRSON'S PLEA. "FOR ART'S \ SAKE." By Tele|| ;iapH—Frees Asso riation—Copyright L ondon, July 1. In tli e Probate Divifii Inn of "the High I'-ourt ( if Justice to-du.v ; Hie hearing of ;he objection of Mr. M Hlcolm Scott to :he granting of probate .of the will of lis brother, Sir Hurray Scott, was 0011;inued,' Sir Edward Cai Vson, K.C., appeared ' for Lord aiul Lady • Sackville, i\rid ;he Rfj ;ht Hon. F. E. Sn|ith, K.C., for Mr." Mj ilcolm Scott. Lflin.don, July 1. Lady 'Sackville, in her Evidence, said ;hat si ie met Sir John Jiui\ray Scott in 1897. i She detailed Mr. Walter Scott's ove-siq k declarations and related that on me oo casioti she left hiltn oil his knees n the drawing-room, an d requested her lusban d to go and kick Ihim. hpr hearing of tli a case has been idjour! acd till Thursday, (R-ec. July 2, 11| .50 p.m.) i London, July 2. Sir i Edward Carson, col irasel for the defends its, in his addresji, said that the lefenfl .cnta propounded 1 a codicil which yas ij ever finished. It 1 /as made in 1910 >r in. 1911, but there was no evidence as ;o th| at part of the ca^e. Mr.' F. E. Smith agree*!, whereupon Sir 3dwfj rd Carson argued t) xat there was no ividd nee of undue infiuen co or fraud havng | been used in connection with the rani ing of the will or the codicils which ;he ; plaintiff had propounded. Mj \ Smith replied thai: there was un}ue influence by Lady 5 Sackville, 'which nfty lenoe her. husband cou( d have stopped. TJ ie Judge ruled that tho evidence must [o j to the jury. < 3) ir 'Edward Carson said (that the Court iaC 1 listened for nine hours!to Mr. Smith's 'ifl riolio black-washing of |tho SackvilW ihj iracter, and hig display. of magnified :ri vialities. Tho Walter Scott story was a a) Isehood from beginning to end. Lady & lokvillo was a cultivated.' lady, whoso J hole heart and soul were , with the tessj itor in his love 'of art. Shja was able, to 4 ilk on this subject for homr after hour, i nd that was the origin of. their friendI hip. One of Sir John's' great desires was o preserve the linowla art collection, and ie lent the Sackvilles,who were not (ich, the money wherewith to preserve the collection. iLady Sackvillo wept while Sir John Si sotfs lotters, containing endearing terms in I reference to her, were Tead. In the le Iter, dated April, 1911, Sir John wrote: "I ) have never accused you of what is » lied 'making-up' to me for my fine ;h jngs, but'when I met you I recognised n iyou one of kindred spirit in whom I x>i jild confide my, fine things when I ve pt hence. This was, to me, real comoi jt."