Behie Estate, Re, (1977) 23 N.S.R.(2d) 361 (ProbCt)
Judge | Anderson, J. |
Court | Probate Court of Nova Scotia (Canada) |
Case Date | May 02, 1977 |
Jurisdiction | Nova Scotia |
Citations | (1977), 23 N.S.R.(2d) 361 (ProbCt) |
Behie Estate, Re (1977), 23 N.S.R.(2d) 361 (ProbCt);
32 A.P.R. 361
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Re Behie's Estate
Indexed As: Behie Estate, Re
Nova Scotia Probate Court
Anderson, J.
May 2, 1977.
Summary:
This case arose out of the application by the administratrix of an estate to have a lost will proved in solemn form. After an old lady died her will could not be found, although the will was known to have been in a certain place in her house 3 weeks before she died. The administratrix of the old lady's estate applied to have the lost will proved.
The Nova Scotia Probate Court allowed the application and found that the will was proved. The Probate Court found that the presumption of revocation of a lost will was rebutted by the evidence.
Wills - Topic 2342
Revocation of wills - Revocation by act of testator - Lost will - Presumption of revocation where will is lost - After an old lady died her will could not be found, although the will was known to have been in a certain place in her house 3 weeks before she died - The Nova Scotia Probate Court set out the principles applicable to the proof of a lost will and the effect of the presumption of revocation of a lost will - The Probate Court found that the presumption was rebutted by the evidence and that a valid will existed at the time of the old lady's death - The Probate Court found that the will was proved by the recollection of the witnesses to the drawing and execution of the will.
Cases Noticed:
MacBurnie v. Patriquin (1976), 14 N.S.R.(2d) 680; 11 A.P.R. 680, appld. [para. 5].
Authors and Works Noticed:
Feeney, Thomas G., The Canadian Law of Wills: Probate, p. 93 [para. 4].
Williams On Wills (2nd Ed.), p. 106 [para. 4].
Counsel:
Linden M. Smith, Q.C., and H.W. How, Q.C., for Clara Keddy;
C. Hanson Dowell, Q.C., for the Estate of Clara Josephine Behie;
Vincent P. Allen, Q.C., for six heirs.
This case was heard at Halifax, Nova Scotia, before ANDERSON, J., of the Nova Scotia Probate Court.
On May 2, 1977, ANDERSON, J., delivered the following judgment:
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