Saving of Hundreds.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 109, 11 May 1931, Page 11

Saving of Hundreds.

The Public Trustee had been advl.s ed, said counsel, that he was bound to expend the extravagant sum left by testator for the tombstone, grave and it* upkeep. There would, lie believed, bo a saving of some hundreds uf pounds in that respect. The Middlesex Hospital, as one of the residuary legatees, had been approached with regard the sum saved, and they had volunteered to give up half their share of the extra money—which would be half k/t the sum which would be saved—for tho benefit of the relatives.’ The Public Trustee would, if it were possible* to identify the other residuary legatees, make a suggestion that they adopt the same course Counsel for the defendants said tho the family appreciated the way in which tho Public Trustee had dealt with the matter. The children wore now satisfied that there was medical evidence to show that, whatever his eccentric habits and harsh, conduct, the testator could not be said to lie insane in tho sense of being incapabh l of making a will. They would agree that the will and codicil propounded by the Public Trustee he pronounced for. Mr Justice Bateson found in favour of tho will and codicil, nnj by consent it was directed that the defendants* costs <<mio out nf tho estate.