A WOMAN'S WILL
ALLEGED UNDUE INFLUENCE. i (II TIIIORAPB.—PMSS ASSOCIATION.) NAPIER, 30th March. A motion for probate in the estate of the late Elizabeth Ellen Twigger was opposed at the Supreme Court to-day, before his Honour Mr. Justice Reed, by Mr. Thomas Twigger, son of the deceased, on the grounds that his mother was not in a fit mental state to make a will, and that undue influence was exercised by one of the beneficiaries (J. Clark Thomson) to whom the bulk of .the estate, valued at £556, was willed. Thomson denied: having influenced deceased, and evidence was called to show that he strongly objected when Mrs. Twigger proposed to leave her money to him. It was also stated in evidence that deceased had spoken of the wayward habits of her son, and had said she would not leave him anything. Medical evidence supported tho contention that Mrs. Twigger's mind was sound, when the .will was executed. The cavcatoi; called, evidence in an endeavour to prove that the illness from which' his mother Buffered—lethargic encephalitis-,—had an. effect- on her mind. Witnesses also stated that Mrs. Twigger had spok,en well of her sou, and had said she would leave her money to him. Counsels' addresses arc-to be.sent to Wellington. Judgment was reserved.
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 76, 31 March 1922, Page 7
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211A WOMAN'S WILL Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 76, 31 March 1922, Page 7
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