A Scotsihan's Will
A (,11'AIXT DOCI .MKXT. WAXCAXTI. Xov. 30. When Mr I)'. Fleming, of Waverley, dhd in Xiivemher, 1019. he left a will drawn up by himself. It was an excellent document, hut there was a certain (|iiaintriess about some of the conditions under which lie hei|tieathcd his estate. He left one farm to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Aniwftli a stipulation that it must not- he sold or mortgaged, hut ho leased to a member 0f,,0r adherent to. the Presbyterian Church, the rental to be
used hv tin' Society for paying a “live inspector.” A property which was left, to the Waverley Presbyterian Church was also neither to he sold uor mortgaged. and a church was t." he built upon il in '?- r i years, and, when built. there were to he no military parades, and at least two or parts of ♦«■> of D"-P-ialmn (if David wore to, he sung to sacred music at every service. Other property was |d'l, to three nephews, charged with a life interest of £2W to the widow, and she also had a. life estate in flu l o'd home at Waverlev. “Tnvereauld.” At the Supreme Court- to-day, before Mr Justice Heed, the widow applied for an increased income out of the- estate, under the provisions of I lie Family Maintenance Act, IPOS. Her grounds were that her income was insufficient to provide for the necessary outgoings on I lie home at Waverley. and toi provide for the suitable maintenance of herself and a- companion.
Counsel representing tlio Wellington Sd’.C.A. argued iliat- tlio provision ni.'ido for Hie widow, together wit 1 1 her own resources, was sufficient for her nerds, and if the Court granted any additional sum. it should not come out of the income from tire Society’s property. Consol on behalf of file three nephews submitted that, at most an extra at lot merit of £IOO per annum wad suffi- I eienf, and that it should, he borne by all the proper-ties equally, except, the jsla Carle farm, which was already charged with the paying of tlio nnnui- . ties. ■ ludfiment was reserved. - ■
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1921, Page 1
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354A Scotsihan's Will Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1921, Page 1
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