SUPREME COURT.
Nelson, This day. The Supreme Court was occupied all yesterday in a. case of much interest. A suit was instituted by Flora Wi Hams niece of the late Dr Williams, against Mr H. D. "Williams, brother of the testator, with the view of obtaining a decision as to whether Dr Williams died intestate. The deceased made a will in 1855, under which his brother, the defendant, was tho chief beneficier For the plaintiff it was alleged that the deceased made a second will in 1877 revoking the former one, but the second will has never been found, and both sides admitted its destruction. Mr Atkinson, solicitor, gave evidence that he drew and witnessed this second will, the other witness to it being now in England. The question was whether the .validity of the second will was proved, and his Honor directed that if it was, the first will could not be given new life to by the destruction of the other. The jury found that the first will was revoked, that the second will was destroyed, and that the deceased died intestate.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4147, 6 November 1884, Page 3
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184SUPREME COURT. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4147, 6 November 1884, Page 3
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