"Under Bini customary law, the principal house in which the deceased lived in his lifetime and died is called the 'Igiogbe'. That always passes by way of inheritance on distribution...
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"The main object of the Wills Law is to confer on every person in Bendel State the testamentary capacity to dispose of his or her property in a Will. If...
"The phrase 'Subject to any customary law relating thereto' in Section 3(1) of the Wills Law of Bendel State is a qualification of the subject matter of the property disposed...
"It cannot therefore be revoked without proving any dishonesty or fraud on his part before or after the grant was made. There was none proved here and so the Court...
"It is essential to the validity of a will that the testator should know and approve of its contents... Where a document is ex facie duly executed the court may...
"Where there is a dispute as to a will, those who propound it must clearly show by evidence that, prima facie, all is in order; that is to say, that...
"The purpose of the summons was not to determine who was the widow or who were entitled as beneficiaries to a share in the estate. Unfortunately the whole energy appear...
