Paykel and Another v Guardian Trust and Executors Company of New Zealand Limited - [1963] NZLR 168

Evidence — Admissibility — Will — Extrinsic evidence of testators meaning and intention — Where admissible

Power of appointment — Special power possessed by testator — Whether exercised by general words contained in will — Effect of use of word "appoint" — What evidence of surrounding circumstances admissible

Wills — Evidence — Extrinsic evidence of testator's meaning and intention — Where admissible

Wills — Construction — Whether language equivocal — Meaning of "equivocal" — In what circumstances extrinsic evidence of intention admissible to aid construction — Special power of appointment possessed by testator — Whether exercised by general words in will — Effect of use of word "appoint".