A PECULIAR WILL.
'~."- ♦ , '" -','•■ DAUGHTER'S CLAIM FOR MAIN- / , TENANCE. ' [by TELEGRAPH.-—PRESS ASSOCIATION,] I ' "" . Christchttrch, Wednesday, j To-day! Mr. Justice Chapman gave judgment in the case-, under - the Testators'' Family Maintenance Act in which Susan Rowe claimed provision for her needs from Charles Lewis and another, trustees under the will of her late father, Thomas Gony, who had left he,, property worth £150 a year, but subject to a - life interest in favour of her mother. ' The testator left property to the amount of £25,000, but did not' liberally treat his family, and left the residue of the estate (£11,000) to Dr. Bar-
'hardo't- Homes and other charities in -JSng-> land. It was stated that there would moreover, be more for these charities when the -. widow died. . ■ -
<' The judge found that the plain tilt" would be adequately provided for after her mother's death,, but meanwhile, she was not, so he would make an order for the payment of 30s a week till the mother's death,, the arrears to be payable from the testator's death. ~. . „ -■: "' " '•' -.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13495, 23 May 1907, Page 5
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172A PECULIAR WILL. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13495, 23 May 1907, Page 5
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