BURNED WILL VALID.
RULING IN WIDOW'S FAVOUR
By a judgment given by Lord Mcrrivale in London, a soldier's will which had been burned was held to be valid. Mrs. Booth, widow of Colonel Thomas George Booth, of Bury St. Edmonds, brought an action to prove that her husband's will, made in 1882, at the outbreak of the Egyptian War, and burned accidentally in 1916, represented his wishes at the. time of his death in 1024. Relatives <>f Colonel Booth opposed her on the ground that Colonel Booth was content that tho will should be destroyed, and, after its destruction, regarded himself as intestate. Mrs. Booth claimed to be sole beneficiary under the destroyed will. Lord Merrivnlo remarked that the will, being a soldier's will, was in operation up to the time it was burned. In all the circumstances he was of opinion that, the document was in operation /it tho time of Colonel Booth's death, and gave judgment for Mrs. Booth.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19328, 15 May 1926, Page 2 (Supplement)
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