SPCA will receive the lion's share of an almost $2 million estate settlement after a B.C. Supreme Court justice found that a handwritten note of murky provenance was not enough to override the valid will of a Vancouver woman who died almost four years ago. The full handwritten note family members brought forward as evidence that Murray meant to change her will. SPCA and that her will could not be rendered invalid by the handwritten note. SPCA informed the court that the $40,000 gift set out in the note for Murray's friend John Basich would be honoured.

Source: CBC News August 26, 2021 01:24 UTC