CO129-257 - Public Offices & Others - 1892 — Page 182

As Y.L. will perceive from the

Statement, the point which the

Tribunal wish to excertaine is chattes

the form of the joint will, which

is transmitted in

ang

rauslation

Rangkong

July

15. 1089

I have the honour to reply

dated

follows to the letter rece

from the

Arzal

180

as

May 24

Fribermal, relative to

the will of the ship's captain Johann Hennuersam and his wife. The formalities necessary

Drawn

проведу

on

up a will

are

Captain Hemmersam this wife January 25:1871, is in accordance

with English Law as

Enforced in the

Colony of Hongkong, or not; &, in particular, whether this will is invalid " because the making of joint wills is altogether unlawful, or because certain special formalities

necessary

to

Ensure their

validity

I have ac.

(Ad.) Adatfeldt

the

at Courts

- Oursion

apenrade

the

here in drawing

same as

in England

the presence

and consist Zeimply in the will being

the testator

signed by

of

two witnesses

trr

and his signature

being cerfified by the witnesses signing tas well. The original of

their nameo

the

copy of

to me

the will which was sent

harg

would love its validity by

this fact alone, that the testator

is a not

document.

a

that single person, but the

is signed and drown up

by two different persons, and would

equally

validity

without

drawn up

have been

at the since it

raised to it have

a-o ard

was

same

Besides which, the objections would be

made

by

the guardian of the children of the

melchout