INVALID WILL
DECISION OF JUDGE,
(Per Press Association — Copyright.)
CHRISTCHURCH, November 24
The will cl' the late John Duncan, a retired farmer of Darfield, was declared invalid by Judge Ostler this morning. The amount concerned under the will was £B,OOO, of which it is stated that £IOOO left to Daniel McLauglin, a nephew, was the main point at issue. A son of testator was the plaintiff. The Judge said it- .seemed clear that the testator wa s suffering from senile decay which had produced a marked diminution of his faculties. While the solicitor who 'had prepared the will under instructions from the testator had acted quite honestly, yet he seemed to have taken insufficient care. The solicitor should have been more on hi.s guard when he discovered that a senile, old man was living with a nephew and proposed for the first time to leave £IOOO away from his wife and children, particularly as the solicitor had known the testator had made two previous wills not leaving anything away from his wife and children.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1933, Page 6
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174INVALID WILL Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1933, Page 6
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