By the will the residue of the estate, subject to the bequests stated therein, was left Yo her executor and it was submitted by Mr. Badeley. who quoted several authorities, that the rule that there was a presumption that a legacy to an executor was made to him in that capacity did not apply to a gift of the residue and that the residue of the estate of the deceased passed to the estate of the late Robert Theodore Hartley notwithstanding that he "did not prove the will of deceased Mr. Badeley then read a stajement made by Mr. Edward Gossett of the Burlington Hotel in which it was stated that he was the executor in respect of the China estate of Robert Theodore Hartley, a grant of Probate of whose will and the Codicil thereto was made by the Court on December 8, 1937.
He had known the late Mr. Hartley for several years and was also acquainted with Mrs. Pritchard. On February 3 a grant of letters of administration of the estate of the late Mr. Pritchard was made to Mrs. Pritchard by the Court in which the estate was sworn at £596. 1. 6. the gross value of the estate being Tls. 343165 and the deductions allowed, Tls. 51716, leaving a net estate of Tls. 2914.49 taels or approximately $4,000.
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