The court was asked whether the deceased’s will had been revoked when destroyed by his wife.
Held: A failure by the testator to stop her destroying his will did not amount to ‘direction’ that it should be destroyed, and nor could his subsequent ratification of the wife’s act amount to a direction to revoke it, since the intentention to revoke the will must exist at the same time as the act of revocation.
Citations:
[1909] P 157
Wills and Probate
Updated: 02 May 2022; Ref: scu.424272