THE CAVENDISH CASE.
DEED OF SETTLEMENT SET
ASIDE.
!y Telegraph.—Press Association.— right
London*, May 14. After a bearing extending' over many weeks Mr. Justice Byrne gave judgment in the suit of Cavendish v. Strutt, instituted to have set aside a voluntary settlement made in 1901, involving over £200.000, on the ground of undue influence, and that plaintiff was ignorant of the contents. The plaintiff was Mr. H. S. Cavendish, the explorer, and the defendants Major Charles Henry Strutt and his -wife.
Mr. Justice Byrne held that the plaintiff had not appreciated and had not been fully advised! as to the meaning of the settlement, and he set aside the settlement, also the deed of confirmation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12272, 16 May 1903, Page 5
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