A fed up father left his entire £2million estate to his two daughters – because his two sons refused to stop smoking . Businessman Dawid van Vuuren , 87 , who had suffered from cancer , warned his sons Daniel , 60 , and Marius , 55 , that unless they quit the habit they would not get a penny from him . Marius said : 'My brother had told me what our father said but we thought it was a joke . We did n't take it seriously . ' Two sons have been disinherited for not giving up smoking when their father told them to do so in his will . The two contested the will , saying that their father , from Pretoria , South Africa , had only written it as a warning , but had then died suddenly , leaving it the only signed will in his possession . The children only discovered the will , which was handwritten on a piece of paper , after their father 's death last year . At the High Court in Pretoria , Daniel said he and his brother spoke about this prior to their father 's death , but they laughed about it as they thought it was funny . He said : 'The truth is my father did admonish me on many occasions during his life that he would disinherit me if I did not stop smoking . ' I never took his threat seriously and I was shocked when it appeared that he actually carried out his threat . ' The brothers claimed it was then implemented by lawyers against their father 's wishes . However , it was ruled by Judge Cynthia Pretorius to be Mr van Vuuren 's true will . Judge Pretorius said it was clear no other testament could be found , except for this paper . Dawid 's secretary signed it as a witness , as required by law . She had worked for him for 18 years and confirmed his signature was genuine .
Former cancer sufferer Dawid van Vuuren , 87 , made threat to seek out sons . Daniel , 60 , and Marius , 65 , did not listen to him when he told them to quit . They challenged the will of their father from Pretoria , South Africa , claiming it was only intended as a warning and was not his genuine intention . But the supreme Court ruled it was Mr van Vuuren 's true intention to disinherit them .