WHERE THERE'S A WILL ETC.
An aged millionaire has played a sad trick! upon his heirs and relatives. He invited them all to gather round his dying bed, aadi when they assembled there sprang a notary! and a whole lot of legal foolscap upon them,! and made them all take affidavits that Ihe! was perfectly sane and clear-headed, and sai on . and then died. ; When the heirs came to rummage in 'his desk they found the will, dated in 1875, be- ; queathing most of his property to an ddioti asylum ; and, furious at his deceit, they! one and! all began an action to have the willi broken on the ground of insanity, all vow-; ing that, thougih he was quite sane on the' day of his death, he was madder than a.' whole litter of March hares in 1875. • « Then his executor smiled a grim smile,and produced a later trill, made and signed 1 ; about half an hour before the heirs gathered: round his dying bed, precisely to the same! effect as the first one. The sad event haai cast a gloom over £ho community. .
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010201.2.23.5
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Issue 7014, 1 February 1901, Page 3
Word Count
185WHERE THERE'S A WILL ETC. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7014, 1 February 1901, Page 3
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in