USED HIS INFLUENCE
WIDOW WHO GAVE ANNUITY COURT CANCELS DEED Press Association. WELLINGTON Thursday. That the deed of annuity should be cancelled is the decision conveyed in the reserved judgment of his Honour Mr. Justice Sim in the case of Emma Murray, Spring Creek, widow of the late W illiam Murray, versus George Henry Eugene Hills. Blenheim, which was heard in the Supreme Court, at Blenheim on December 14 and 15 last. Mrs. Murray prayed . for an order setting aside and cancelling the deed under which she had covenanted to grant Hills an annuity of £SOO. In another action Hills proceeded against Mrs. Murray to recover certain sums, .totalling £3 6s Sd. alleged to be due to him under the terms of the deed. His Honour in his judgment concluded by finding, as a fact, that when the deed of covenant was'signed plaintiff was under the influence of defendant, and that defendant made use of his influence fqr the purpose of inducing plaintiff to enter into the agreement embodied in the deed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 258, 21 January 1928, Page 10
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