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FOOLISH WILL SET ASIDE BY TELEGRAPH.—PBEBB ASSOCTATtOW. Chrlstchurch, November 3. The will of a man who directed that an elaborate and expensive monument should be erected over his grave, but left his wife with a free house and only 17s. 6d. a week on which to keep herself and child, three years of age, 1 formed the subject of a case heard by Mr. Justice Chapman, at tho Supreme Court to-day. His Honour made an order exonerating the trustees from erecting a monument and directing that the residuary estate out of which the trustees were directed to pay the cost of the monument should bo handed to the Public Trustee, to bo held by him for the use of the widow and infant child. The value of the residuary estate was £BOO.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 35, 4 November 1922, Page 5
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135A BETTER USE Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 35, 4 November 1922, Page 5
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