Salt Lake Herald | 1891-10-04 | Page 16 | Strange Wills

STRANGE WILL An interest in mortuary bequests has been recently excited by the wonderfully generous provision that a rich woman made for her young husband and by the discovery that Allen Thorndiko Rica was possessed of 250000 of which ho knew nothing Wills that are odd are not therefore to be regardad as necessarily invalid nor are hidden sums ol money always to escheat to tho state Mrs Hopkins Searles muy or may not have made her will undir undue influence and it may bo taken for granted that the courts will find some one to own the S350000 or that part of tho sum eventually even-tually saved from the lawyers of which Mr Rice died in ignorance Odd wills have been sustained by the courts these many years There was Thelussons will of quoted which left GOJ000 to accumulate through tho lives of his sons and grandsons the accumulated property to be paid to his oldest great grandson on the death of the sons and grandsons or elso to bo convoyed to the sinking fund for the payment or the British national debt It was calculated that the accumulations would amount to 10000000 by tho time it fell due but there was much litigation over the mat cr and the oldest greatgrandson received only about the original 000000 There was the will of David Davis of Clapham who left a lady five shillings sufficient to enable her to get drunk foe tho last time at my expense There was bumble William Blacliott governor of Plymouth Ply-mouth with yet a sting in his humility wno wrote in his vill I make this rd quest to my dear wife that on she has been troubled with one old fool sho will not I think World of marrying a secondIINew York