PEH666

Inquiry from David Franco Mendes: Someone established a will in favor of his wife; his brothers were supposed to receive 1000 gold denarii each. The will was to be irrevocable unless he established a new one, in which he would also consider Jerusalem. Later, when the testator was with his brothers, he appointed them as his heirs, only bequeathing his wife with 1000 gold denarii, and not mentioning Jerusalem at all. David ben Raphael Meldola decides both wills are invalid because they were not made on the deathbed, and even for a disposition made in sound days, they suffer from formal defects. Therefore, the succession of Torah applies, meaning the brothers inherit everything since there are no children. Meldola mentions that the current rector had previously sent him an inquiry (No. 499, cited as I, Bl.45).

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1783-02-03

Acohen d'Azevedo, David