ALLEGED UNDUE INFLUENCE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8102, 4 October 1904, Page 2

ALLEGED UNDUE INFLUENCE.

WILL IN FAVOR OF DOWIE ■ ANNULLED.

a [pnssf Assoouznnr;] (Received October 4, 9.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, October 3. The American jury; considering that Fred. Button, who was a New Zealand sheep owner, was mad to leave £11,000 to Dowie, returned A verdict in favor of his relations. JDowies intends to appeal. INVERCARGILL, October 3. The solicitors acting for the relatives have received a cable from Chicago stating that a verdict has been given in favor of the Buttons, in a case against Dowie, of Zion City, to set aside a will made in his favor by Frederick Button, late of Thornburn (Southland). The amount involved is about £10,000. Sutton was a successful farmer in the Western district, but was eccentric and : wont to Chicago a few months before his death.

The ground of action was alleged undue influence.