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12-08-2007, 09:23 AM
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Fortune cookie
Elderly Briton leaves fortune to Chinese restaurant owner
Fri Dec 7, 8:32 PM ET LONDON (AFP) - The family of a wealthy British pensioner who left her entire fortune to the owners of a Chinese restaurant failed Friday in a legl bid to have her will declared invalid. Nephews and nieces of Golda "Goldie" Bechal claimed that she was of unsound mind when she made the will leaving 10 million pounds (13.9 million euros, 20 million dollars) to her Kim Sing Man and his wife Bee Lian Man. But a judge at London's High Court ruled that the testament, made in 1994, remained valid when Bechal died in 2004, aged 88, leaving a portfolio of commercial properties to her long-standing "best friends". "In my judgment, on the balance of probabilities, Mrs Bechal had testamentary capacity. The will executed by Mrs Bechal in August 1994 was valid," said judge Donald Rattee. The appeal was brought by five nephews and nieces -- Sandra Blackman, Barbara Green, Laurence Lebor, Louise Barnard and Mervyn Lebor -- who claimed they were the rightful heirs. But the Mans, owners of the Lian restaurant in the county of Essex, east of London, had been friends with Bechal and her late husband, Simon, for many years. The judge accepted their evidence that the widow, sad and lonely after the death of her husband and of her son Peter at the age of 28, became almost part of the Man family. She went on foreign holidays with them and they had regular get-togethers at their restaurant and at her flat in London, the court heard. Man described her as "an upper-class posh lady" who always dressed well. She "always enjoyed her Chinese pickled leeks and bean sprouts, which I bought for her", he added. The judge concluded: "It was not irrational to leave the bulk of her estate to Mrs Man, the daughter she would dearly wished to have had, and her husband." "We are delighted with this result," said a lawyer representing the Mans. "This has been about a friend's right to leave money as she wanted." 
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#2
12-08-2007, 10:22 AM
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They must have had some damned fine Egg Foo Young!
What a slap in the face to her family. They probably never came to visit or paid her any attention when she was alive. Just goes to show, being nice to people sometimes pays off in spades.
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12-08-2007, 11:02 AM
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In the end one can leave money to their dog if they wish.
Tom W
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#4
12-08-2007, 11:32 AM
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not here.a local farmer here in town had about 1000 acres of prime iowa farm land.he never married.well he wanted to leave his land to the church,so his lawyer took him to omaha to a psychiatrist to have him evaluated.to which it was found he was of sound mind.well about a year or so later he died.and his brothers ands sisters fought it in court.and won.greedy bastards. they were all well off as it was.after that my dad wouldn't speak to any of em,and there are alot of people in the church that won't speak to em either.and they were just like that ladies kids.they all lived within about 10 miles of him but never visited.
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