In Brief
A father executed a Will in favour of his four grandsons, which was challenged by his younger son (plaintiff) as contrary to customary law and surrounded by suspicious circumstances. The courts below upheld the Will as validly executed. The High Court set it aside, holding the Will was surrounded by suspicious circumstances and not properly proved because only one attesting witness was examined. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal, holding that one attesting witness's testimony sufficiently proves due execution; omitting natural heirs is not per se suspicious; and concurrent findings on fact cannot be reversed in second appeal without an error in law. The judgment was restored.",
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