A WILL OPPOSED
BY TESTATOR'S WIDOW AND (SON,
(tl TEMBRAPH —I-lIHSS ASSOCIATION.)
NAPIER, 7th March. Mr. Justice Reed was occupied from--10 a.m. to 11 p.m. to-day in the Supreme Court hearing'a case concerning a motion for probate in the. estate of Henry. Charles David Hitchman. William Anderson, one of the executors, moved for probate, and Hugh O'Connor, a. beneficiary, came into the case in support of the will, whilst the widow and son of the testator opposed the will. The defence set up two objections to the will. One of these was that there was a lack of proper execution and want of testamentary capacity, and in the second objection the grounds were unsoundness of mind; this was the main defence. The case for the granting of probate was that the deceased had suffered from derangement of mind owing to alcoholism, but had recovered from this and was not lacking in testamentary capacity at the time he made the will, being capable of entering into and understanding legal documents. The defence sought to disprove this. Hearing of the case is unfinished.
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 56, 8 March 1922, Page 10
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181A WILL OPPOSED Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 56, 8 March 1922, Page 10
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