NOVELIST'S WILL
WIDOW'S ACTION FAILS CHANCERY COURT DECISION LONDON". July 20 The bearing of the action brought by the widow of Mr. Arnold Bennett, to set aside several deeds of gift in favour of Miss Dorothy Chest on, with whom the author lived for years and by whom he had a son, was concluded in the Chancery Court to-day.
The widow estimated that her husband's gifts to Miss Cheston were securities valued at £7900, copyrights worth £4220, and manuscripts to the value of £/000. She did not wish to disturb the settlement whereby Miss Cheston's child benefited. Mr. Justice Clauson dismissed that part of the action, and added, in the course of his judgment, that the testator clearly contemplated that though Miss Cheston was to be the owner of the copyright in certain of his plays and manuscripts, the income from those sources would remain his during his lifetime.
The widow's claim to stocks and securities given Miss Cheston would bo dismissed. The copyright in testator's journal and manuscripts was treated as part of the estate. Miss Cheston is to pay three-fifths of the widow's costs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21859, 23 July 1934, Page 10
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