THE BELGIAN ROYALTY.
A FIGHT FOB A FORTUNE. BRUSSELS, April 21. The Civil Tribunal at Brussels re/used an application by Trincesses Louise and Stephanie to set aside their mother's will, the Court holding that the nw-nage act ly a kitag (rjueen copititutes a diplomatic treaty. The action, though nominally an action for the ladies' shares of their mother's fortune of twenty thousand pounds, 4US really intended to elicit a decision that the King was bound by the Belgian law that daughters must inherit half of his fortune, and that his very large gifts to the Belgian State must be considered a waste, in the sense that the property belongs to the family. 'p he King's counsel argued that the matter was outside the purview of any court, a marriage settlement being a treaty not a contract.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 93, 23 April 1904, Page 3
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136THE BELGIAN ROYALTY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 93, 23 April 1904, Page 3
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