CLAIM AGAINST ESTATE.
COURT RESERVES JUDGMENT. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, March 25. The Court of Appeal to-day heard a case brought under the Family Protection Act by Lily E. Newman against J. R. Newton and A. M. Moore, executors of the will of J. Gracia, deceased. _ Appellant is the widow of Gracia, who died in 1912, and she remarried in 1917. Under the will she got maintenance so long as she remained a widow, and on her remarriage was to get nothing. The whole estate was valued at £5966, and there were seven children. Appellant is in ill-health and her husband has no means, and is also in ill-health. Mrs Newman asked the court to make proper provision for her, and the question was whether, in the face of the conditions of the will, it had power to do so. Mr Sim appeared for appellant, and Messrs Nicholls and Amodeo for the beneficiaries and trustees. Aftsr hearing evidence the court reserved judgment.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 101, 26 March 1927, Page 7
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