EGGSHELL WILL.
COURT'S NON-ACCEPTANCE. SEAMAN'S GROTESQUE ACT. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.S p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 24. The Probate Court to-dav ruled against the widow of the seaman John Barnes in tlje matter of the will written on an eggshell. The Court found that the handwriting was that ®f Barnes, but that it could not be accepted as >» testamentary disposition. It appeared to be about as grotesque an act as was possible for any man who had engaged in the serious undertakings of Life..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19495, 26 November 1926, Page 11
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85EGGSHELL WILL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19495, 26 November 1926, Page 11
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