“…we must accept the testator’s description in his will of Lorintina as his daughter and of Akindele as his nephew, following the statement of Lord Eldon in Whitelocke v. Baker 13 Ves 510, at 514 (33 ER 385 at 386) that- “declarations in the family, descriptions in wills, descriptions upon monuments, descriptions in Bibles, and Registry Books, all are admitted upon the principle, that they are the natural effusions of a party, who must know the truth; and who speaks upon an occasion, when his mind stands in an even position, without any temptation to exceed or fall short of the truth.”
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