INTERPRETATION OF WILL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17294, 18 October 1919, Page 9

INTERPRETATION OF WILL.

SUPREME COURT DECISION. An application for the interpretation <■:' the will of Arthur Duvall, deceased, cam<before Mr. Justice Stringer, at th<» Supreme Court yesterday, when Mr. K McVeagh, on behalf of the widow of the deceased, applied to have the bequest of the whole estate to the widow declared to be an absolute gift. Counsel stated that the testator bequeathed the wboie of his estate to his widow, but stipulated that in the event of her dying without making a will any property then undisposed of should be sold and' the proceeds divided I among the brothers and sisters of both 'parties. 'Hie question was whether the ! effect of the will «■: « to vest the propert' i? the wife absolutely, and if the gift-ovei 1 «-,v to be treated as a repugnant cond! 't.0... and I'.ercfore voi I. Mr. M-Vmj:-. quoted numerous authorities in support <•: ! Ji.s intention that the will vested In. i propert v in the wife absolutely. ' Mr 'Meredith, on behalf o! tv.n New I Zealand beneficiaries, and Dr. F:tch«t fr.. ! beneficiaries in England, concurred witn : Mr. McVeagh's argument. His Honor decided that the will Tested the absolute interest in the wife, and thai the brothers and sisters of the parties were not entitled. CUTICURA HEALS R„.iH OVER BABY " Baby got a rash nearly all over. Her head and face were the worst, and the rash appeared in blotches. The skin was both red and inflamed, and the irritation often prevented her from sleeping. It was terribly itchy, and she used to rub it. "She suffered at least two months before I used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, when I sent for a sample. I then bought some more Cuticura, which healed her." — (Signed) Mrs. Alb. Pfeiffer, Bland P.O.,"via Bimbi, N.S.W. Soap to cleanse and Ointment to heaL — » R, Towns and Co., Sydney. li.S.'W^ 1 Sold by dealers throughout the ®odda .p-fli