DISPUTED WILL CASE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2508, 8 July 1915, Page 9

DISPUTED WILL CASE

A MOST UNNATURAL MOTHER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ''London, July G. In the Probate Court the hearing of an' action arising out of tho £50,000 will of tho late Thomas Curran, , a British M.P., formerly of New South Wales, was continued. The plaintiff, George Curran, propounds the 1905 will. Tho defendants aro the oldest son, Thomas, and James, who allege that their father was not of sound mental' capacity, and ask tho Court to pronounce the 1902 will valid. Monsignor O'Brien, of Sydney, in his evidence taken in commission, stated that- when ho visited the Currans ho heard tho wife taunting her husband with pampering Thomas. Witness told her she was a most unnatural mother, and sadly lacking iu wifely qualities. The-, testator, informed .Monsignor O'Brien that he drank . a bottle of whisky daily. : Witnessadded that Curran was a coward in his home, was as dumb as an oyster when his wife ■ was present-. . Sir Edmund Barton gave evidenco that lie knew the testator for many years, who seemed proud of his son Tom. The latter, in his evidence, said his mother disliked him,.and was always, poisoning his father's mind against him,