NO SHAKE IN WILL
SUPREME COURT ACTION
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHTJRCH, March 12. - An unusual type of action was commenced in the Supreme Court today, when a married couple claimed that although they had looked after a nian for years on the understanding that he • was to make,a will in their favour,,ho died without doing so, all his estate going to another beneficiary. The plaintiffs wero William Alfred Turner, of Christchurch, railwpy em- | ployee, and liia wife, Meanette Turner. The defendants were the Public' Trustee and Elizabeth Mclntosh, widow, of Dunedin. i Mrs. Turner in evidence said that McVicar (the testator.) had always referred to their' place as home.' His health was poor, and he. was. nearly always in bed. On the-advice of Dr. Curry, who attended Me Vicar, she had refrained from obtaining the assistance of a solicitor and asking McVicar to make a will, as the doctor said this might make his condition worse. • Dr. Curry, in evidence, said that he had dissuaded Mrs. Turner from asking McVicar to make a will. He was desperately ill, and broaching such a subject might have been harmful. The hearing was adjourned.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 61, 13 March 1934, Page 9
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191NO SHAKE IN WILL Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 61, 13 March 1934, Page 9
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