| Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Paxton Norman - 1859 - 968 頁
...his directions and consent. The language of the 1 Viet. c. 26, s. 20, is not the same; its words are "by the burning, tearing or otherwise destroying the same by the testator." The question is whether in point of law the tearing is sufficient to revoke the wilL It is not contended... | |
| 1860 - 1204 頁
...(1281.) All other wills, to be valid, must be in writing witnessed by two competent witnesses, and signed by the testator or by some person in his presence and by his express direction. SEC. 2314. (1282.^ No subscribing witness to any will can derive any benefit therefrom... | |
| Delos White Beadle - 1860 - 368 頁
...may be recovered by the proper suit. Wills. ALL wills, except nuncupative, must be in writing, signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in hia presence by two or more competent witnesses.... | |
| William Selwyn - 1861 - 874 頁
...declaring an intention to revoke the same, and executed in the manner in which a will is hereinbefore required to be executed, or by the burning, tearing,...direction, with the intention of revoking the same (p.) By sect. 21, no obliteration, interlineation, or other alteration made in any will after the execution... | |
| 1861 - 806 頁
...lying in Virginia were transmissible by last will and testament, in writing, the same being signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence, and by his direction, and if not wholly written by himself, being tested by two or more credible witnesses, in... | |
| John Webster Hancock - 1861 - 646 頁
...which statute revocation must be with the same formalities as the execution of the will itself, or by burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the testator, or by some one in his presence, and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same. Revocation of a... | |
| Mrs. Beeton (Isabella Mary) - 1861 - 568 頁
...the act of 1852 it was enacted that no will shall be valid unless signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some person in his presence, and by his direction ; but a subsequent act proceeds to say that every will shall, as far only as regards the... | |
| 1898 - 952 頁
...Creaewell Cresswell said : " According to the statute (1 Viet. c. 26, s. 20) a will may be revoked by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the testator, with the intention of revoking the same. The act done without the intention is ineffectual. Here the... | |
| 1894 - 850 頁
...declaring an intention to revoke the same, and executed in the manner in which a will is hereinbefore required to be executed, or by the burning, tearing,...direction, with the intention of revoking the same." Section 21 : "And be it further enacted that no obliteration, interlineation, or other alteration made... | |
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