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High Court Wellington
9, 10, 11 November; 14 December 1959
Shorland J.
9, 10, 11 November; 14 December 1959
Shorland J.
Executors and Administrators — Claim — Promise made and later repudiated by testator in his lifetime — Plaintiff thereupon ceasing to render services — Claim not thereby barred — Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949, s. 3
Executors and Administrators — Claims — Promise of one quarter of estate — Not a promise of a specified amount — Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949, s. 3
Evidence — Admissibility — Statements made by testator to third party admissible in proceedings under Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949, not as proof of the facts alleged but as showing testator's state of mind.