A WOMAN AND HER WILLS.
J ' ' '- ' Ds llciisEraai—Prcst AsiQelaUoTi—CopjtlcW London, February 20. . The hearing Sas concluded in the Probate Court of the case Hayden Erskine Starke, an application for,the revocation o£ the codicil of the will oi Miss Marin. Mattingley, ,of ( -Kensington, bequea'thing to J)r'.-Frederick Bryan, an Australian, s 'and Miss Mattingley's-- -grand nephew;'also .C 7500 to 'Mrs.-.Starke, a passenger by the ill-fated steamer Waratah. , ..Miss Mattingley's solicitor gave evidence that his client had mado many "wills.She left Bryan i'DCOO in 1901. Then , the amount was variously altered, lintil Bryan ' was cut .out in 1908 with'i!2o.' ' '/Miss Mattingley's nur9e stated that the testatrix was-.quite sane on the day she signed the codicil. ",i .-ik. i : ; ' : A : servant gave evidofi.ee that Miss'Mat--tingley. tried to burn the codical, saying it 'left I3ryan more thiin ho deserved..' The. jury, found that, the testatrix was. ,sane, that the codicil had been duly executed, ; arid that the. testatrix had , not been influenced by Dr. Bryan.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1681, 22 February 1913, Page 5
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160A WOMAN AND HER WILLS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1681, 22 February 1913, Page 5
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