DENBY WILL CASE.
(Pen Press Association.) Auckland, last night. At tho Supreme Court, before Mr Justice Edwards, a speoial sitting was held to hear the case of Denby v. Denby and others, an action to propound a will. The action involves the discussion of the whole of the provisions of the Wills Act, inasmuch as the document produced in Court bears the signature of the testator as well as the signatures of two witnesses. The defendant claims the will to be invalid, and that an intestacy must be declared, the grounds for suoh a contention being the allegation that careful inquiry has failed to account for the existence of the persons whose names are affixed as witnesses to I the will. Seven witnesses, including the I plaintiff, who admitted that his father had I made a previous will that could not be j found, were examined, four for the plain- I tiff and three for the defence, after whioh I questions of law were argued at length, I and the Court reserved decision. {
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1452, 12 May 1905, Page 2
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173DENBY WILL CASE. Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1452, 12 May 1905, Page 2
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