A WILL CASE.
ALLEGED UNBOUNDNESS OF JJOND.
Napier, March 7.—Mr Justice Reed was occupied from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m to-day hearing a case concerning a motion for probate in the estate of Henry Charles David Hitchman. William Anderson, one # of the executors, moved for probate, and Hugh O’Conner, a beneficiary, came into the case in support of the will, whilst the widow and son of testator opposed the will. The defence set up two objections to the will, these being that there w l . lack of proper execution and want of testamentary capacity. In the second objection the grounds were unsoundr.css of mind, and this was the main defence. z The case for the granting of probate was that deceased had suffered from derangement of mind owing to alcoholism, but had recovered from this and was not lacking in testamentary capacity at the time of making the will, being capable of entering into and understanding legal documents, but the defence sought to disprove this. The ease is unfinished.—(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 8 March 1922, Page 5
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169A WILL CASE. Wairarapa Age, 8 March 1922, Page 5
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