7 Wills Bashny.Net

Not uncommon for wealthy people leave their savings to relatives or friends. But there are cases, of course very rare, when a large inherited a totally random people. Here are seven of these exceptions.





1. Unknown rich man from Brooklyn.

Rich New Yorkers who died in 1919, was well known for his "wealth and originality," and it will last no one was surprised.

He left the following instructions, in which he wrote the following:

"I have seventy-one pair of trousers. This is my last wish. They have to be sold at auction after my death. Revenues should be transferred to the poor. Sell ​​pants no more than one pair of hands. "

Everything was done as he wanted. It was later discovered that the pants was sewn bag with ten $ 100 bills. His family, he left nothing.

2. John White

When John White of city of Somerset, England, died at the age of 96, he left? 40,000 to his nephew Richard. But the interesting thing is left? 2, 000, 000. These funds were bequeathed to churches, schools, Somerset. His request was made. "He loved to surprise people," - said his nephew Richard.

3. Charles Vance Millar

Canadian lawyer Charles Vance Millar was known among his friends as a great joker. And no one was particularly surprised by his unusual will. Unmarried, childless Millar had three friends who hated each other, so he left his vacation home in Jamaica ... But they could visit him only at the same time that three. And for a large part of the inheritance of $ 750,000, he announced a competition. The winner is the woman who gave birth over 10 years after his death, more children in Toronto. After 10 years, after lengthy litigation, "prize" section 6 women who are over 10 years gave birth to 9 children.

4. Dr. Meszaros

Dr. Meszaros, who died in 1930, being unmarried and childless, bequeathed $ 50,000, and the entire property is a young, little-known Austrian actress Corinne Ward. He was secretly in love with her and was afraid to admit their feelings.

5. Henri de la Salle

Again in 1930, the young actress was surprisingly rich through inheritance from a stranger. Lilian Melrap was informed by letter that a friend of her late uncle left her $ 700,000. 100,000 of which she had to invest in children's fund.

6. Luis Carlos de Noronha Cabral da-Camara

When Luis Carlos died at 42 years old, he was not married, the children had no, and no relatives. To save the property and have not got the state he bequeathed all 70 strangers. He chose them in the phone book Lisbon stupid poking a finger.

7. Archibald McArthur

At MacArthur was a mysterious character. He lived in Wisconsin and grew rich on the attorney's business. In 1922, he moved to Florida after his death bequeathed his relatives exactly $ 5. The remaining 3 million he bequeathed homeless stranger, known to the entire Dodzhevil mother, with whom he once held, he said, the most sincere conversation in a lifetime.