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CTTBTOFS WILL CASE.The validity of the will or wills of Mr. William Rae Smee baa been under discussion in the Probate . Oeurfc, The deceased gentleman was for many years Secretary to the Treasury of *vhe Bank of ISngltad. In 1859 he made a will By which he left his property, valued at £12,000, to his wife ; in 1867, by a second will, he gave his wife only a life interest, and directed that at, her death the money shonM go to the _ corporation of Brighton lor establishing a public library. This latter . will is disputed by the widow and the heir-at-law. The deceased had one delusion —that he was a son of George IV.; and he once wrote to Napoleon III. asking his assistance to recover the Crown of England. The jnry found that at the time the testator made both the wills he was of unsound mind. The Corporation of Brighton were ordered to pay their own costs.
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Centaur
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Dec 13, 1879
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