The action in which it was sought to upset the
will of the late Sir John Scott, on the ground that the large legacies to Lord and Lady Sackville were acquired by undue influence and fraud on the part of Lady Sackville, came to an end on Monday after lasting three weeks. The verdict in favour of Lord and Lady Sackville was the only possible one in the circumstances. The charge of fraud was not substantiated in any way, and as to "undue influence" it is a strictly enough defined thing, and the evidence of the Scott family did not reveal anything really approximating to it. The legacies to Lord and Lady Sackville were bequeathed years ago, and subsequently Sir John Scott had attended to his business in a rational manner. To say that the verdict was just is not, however, to say that the case did credit to anyone.
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