AN EARL’S ESTATE.
MRS BROWNLIE’S CLAIM. S ETTLEM ENTREACHED. LONLON, March 3 A settlement has been reached in the case in which Mrs. Brownlie claimed £19,471 from the estate of the late Earl of Shrewsbury. The Judge approved of the . sale of sufficient securities in order to meet the claim, the settlement of which does not affect the balance due to plaintiff under the probate compromise. When the case was opened counsel stated that Mrs Brownlie met the deceased early in 1908, when she was 19, and soon afterwards lived under his protection, the relationship continuing till the earl died in 1924. The deceased gave her an allowance of £IOOO yearly. He made his will in 1920'. leaving her the whole of the residue. A probate action anent the latter was heard on July 12, 1922, but the terms affected debts due. The claim originally totalled £3O,GGO, but plaintiff was not pressing her claims for £II,OOO for bets made for the deceased earl. The present claim involved 407 items, including household expenses and salary of her lady companion .
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 March 1925, Page 3
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178AN EARL’S ESTATE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 March 1925, Page 3
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