EXTRAORDINARY WILL.
SON MUST GET A TITLE. LONDON. July is. A curious will has just been contested in the Chancery CourtCharles William Wallace, an Indian merchant, bequeathed to his son, an army officer, a, residuary fortune of £250,000. Attached' to \£he will Was the condition • that the total amount should be payable to tins India*.: and British Treasuries if . the ton did not,receive a baronetcy or a higher title. , p ' . ".' - :: ; : < " The. testator' explained: ■ '"1 ; hold the view that after adequately providing • for his children, a testator should return to the people ail: the -possessions- he . has acquired, as I have i^in^, through the " v penple. w h_ '..",,' The son's counsel'; attacked - the condition en the ground of public policy, and suggested'.thai "it might lead fo dishsnourah'.e . attempts to. sefiare'a title* ; : ■;■■.. .. .Mr., Jti3t;U># Eve eooufced the argument, : - and decidett that the will wa«''"'yaudv ; .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17230, 5 August 1919, Page 8
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142EXTRAORDINARY WILL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17230, 5 August 1919, Page 8
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