Wacky Wills

Wacky Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go “Hmmm…” – Luis Carlos de Noronha Cabral da Camara

April 21, 2010

NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. If you had no family and few friends, how would you want your assets distributed when you die? Would you leave your estate to charity? Would you consider [...]

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Wacky Will Wednesday – Angel Pantoja Medina

April 7, 2010

NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. Not many parents would feel comfortable having the body of their dead child propped up against their living room wall for any amount of time. But Angel Pantoja [...]

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Wacky Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go “Hmmm…” – Samuel Bratt

March 24, 2010

NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. Samuel Bratt loved to smoke cigars. Unfortunately, his wife didn’t share his passion and would not let him smoke them. Obviously bitter, Samuel Bratt used his will to [...]

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Wacky Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go “Hmmm…” – Sir Walter Raleigh

March 10, 2010

NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. We now know the harmful effects of tobacco, but Sir Walter Raleigh, who helped introduce tobacco to Europe, was completely devoted to it. So much so that after [...]

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Wacky Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go “Hmmm…”

March 3, 2010

Wills are something all of us should have. But we don’t like to think about them because they force us to recognize our mortality and plan for life events we’d rather not consider. So it’s no surprise that a lot of what we read about wills puts a real damper on our mood. After all, it’s [...]

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