BENEFITS FROM ESTATE.
SISTERS GO TO COURT. > ■ • EARLIER WILL UPHELD. > [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION - .] - CHRISTCHURCH, Thursd»y.| The hearing has ended of an interest ing case concerning the will of Cbarlei John Deny, a retired .railway servant Under a will made by Derry on AugusS 25, 1928, his property, now valued it £4OOO, was equally divided between twtt daughters, Annie Derry, of Christchurch, and Edith Galloway, married woman, of Dunedm. In a will niade on Jannaij 24, 1929, a legacy of £SOO was left to Edith Galloway and the balance of tto estate to Annie. Derry The second will was disputed by Edith Galloway, who claimed that when it was made the testator was not in full possession of hit faculties. v Mr. Justice Adams gave judgment np* holding the will of August, 1928, and nullifying that of January, 1929. "I am satisfied that the testator was capable of disposing of the property in the first instance," he said, " but he was no longer capable in 1929. I will not have r fc», pursue the point of undue pressure, and perhaps it is just as well."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20969, 4 September 1931, Page 10
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185BENEFITS FROM ESTATE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20969, 4 September 1931, Page 10
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