VALIDITY OF A WILL.
CASE IN SUPREME COURT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Napier, Last Night. Mr. Justice Reed was .occupied from 10 a.m. to U p.m. to-day in hearing a case concerning a motion fqr probate in the estate of Henry Charges David Hitchman. William Anderson, one of the executors, moved for probate and Hugh O’Connor, a beneficiary, came into the case in support of the will, whilst the widow and the ©on of the testator opposed the will. The defence set up two objections to the will, these being that there was lack of proper execution and want- of testamentary capacity. In the second objection the grounds were unsoundness of mind, and this was the main defence. The case for the granting of probate was that deceased had suffered from a derangement of the mind owing to alcoholism, but had recovered from thia and was not lacking in testamentary capacity at the time of making the will, being capable of entering into an understanding of legal documents. The de-fence-sought to disprove this. The case is not finished.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1922, Page 5
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177VALIDITY OF A WILL. Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1922, Page 5
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