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Show ONE WOBD IN A WILL TIES UP $1,250,000 LONDON. " May 4. One word in the will of Temple West, who left a million and a quarter dollars to the National gallery and six British charities, has caused a lawsuit that has now lasted three years and shows no indications of being settled soon. The word over which the dispute has raged Is "domiciled." In his will Mr. West described himself an "an Englishman English-man domiciled In Nice." The question hether he meant domiciled or resl- " In the form he put It the will nade subject to the French law, ..eh places restrictions on bequests as between the family of the testator and other beneficiaries. The will as far as it related to the National gallery and the six British charities was disputed, and negotiations negotia-tions have been proceeding without result. re-sult. It is suggested that a compromise be effected. Under the French law the charities would receive $50,000 each. .The prospects are that the proposed compromise will be rejected and the case will have to be decided by the courts. |