A SINGULAR WILL CASE.
[BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Ciiristchukch, Wednesday. This morning Justice Denniston gave judgment in the case of Bailey v. Ross, an action brought by the widow of the late Benjamin Bailey, of Timaru, to have David Mitchell Ross removed from the position of executor and trustee, under the will of her husband, and to have probate issued to herself in lieu of the defendant, and to have a bequest of a moiety of deceased's property—on an alleged secret trust to Rossrevoked, on the ground that it did nob express the testator's intentions. It was contended that Ross had deceived Bailey as to the contents of the document he was signing, and had executed a secret trust when he found he could not retain the property himself. His Honor pronounced against the will, which was dated in 1888, revoked probate thereof, and granted probate of previous will, dated in 1885. Costs were given against the defendant.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8948, 4 August 1892, Page 5
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