| District of Columbia - 1857 - 788 páginas
...in the case of a will, or the same with intent to revoke be burnt, cancelled, torn, or obliterated by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his direction. SEC. 13. Every will made by a man or woman shall be revoked by his or her subsequent... | |
| John Duer, New York (State). Superior Court (New York) - 1856 - 754 páginas
...executed in manner hereinbefore required, or by some writing declaring an intention to revoke the same, and executed in the manner in which a will is hereinbefore...testator, or by some person in his presence and by his dictation, with the intention to revoke the same." (§ 20.) It is evident, therefore, from a comparison... | |
| Sir James Parker Deane, Maurice Charles Merttins Swabey - 1858 - 390 páginas
...so that the requirements of the 20th section of the Wills Act as to revocation were not observed, " or by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying...direction, with the intention of revoking the same," and the codicil not legally revoked. The only existing copy of the codicil was the original draft of... | |
| John Pitt Taylor - 1858 - 934 páginas
...statute 7 Will. 4 & 1 Viet., c. 26, no will is valid unless it be "signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator or by some person in his presence, and by his direction," — goes on to enact, that " Every will shall, so far only as regards the position... | |
| Joshua Williams - 1859 - 496 páginas
...also had a child born (.r). A will may also be revoked by burning, tearing, or otherwise By burning, destroying the same, by the testator, or by some person...direction, with the intention of revoking the same (y). But the recent act enacts (z), that no obliteration, interlineation, or other alteration, made... | |
| Thomas Jarman - 1859 - 604 páginas
...an intention to revoke the same, and executed in the manuer in which a will is hereinbefore reqnired to be executed, or by the burning, tearing, or otherwise...the same by the testator, or by some person in his presenee and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same. OBLITERATIONS AND INTERLINEATIONS.... | |
| 1922 - 908 páginas
...or by some writing declaring an intention to revoke and executed in the manner in which a will has to be executed, "or by the burning, tearing, or otherwise...destroying the same by the testator, or by some person in1 his presence and at his direction, with the intention of revoking the same. ' ' The Act while providing... | |
| Solomon Atkinson - 1841 - 852 páginas
...in man" ner hereinbefore required, or by some writing declaring an in" tention to revoke the same, and executed in the manner in " which a will is hereinbefore...burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the tes" tator or by some person in his presence and by his direction, " with the intention of revoking... | |
| Canadian Bar Association - 1927 - 506 páginas
...the same and executed in a manner in which a will is by this Act required to be executed; or (c) By burning, tearing or otherwise destroying the same...direction with the intention of revoking the same. 19. No obliteration, interlineation, cancellation by drawing lines across any will or any part thereof... | |
| 1888 - 1028 páginas
...one of the ways pointed out by the Wills Act (1 Viet. c. 26), that is, by another will or codicil, or "by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the testator or by some person m his presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same." Without entering npon... | |
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