A MOOT POINT
<wa Dunbdin, November 7. In the Supreme Court this morning tha question, was raised whether, wheo wages I are due by a bankrupt In excess of the 1 amount paid preferentially by the Assignee, the batoVrupt can get his discharge until the whole amount of Wftgei ,Is paid. Hla Honor said that he was 1 under the impression that the point bad been deolded m some case that he had heard of, but it wes the first time It had been before him. After some discussion, Mr Justioe Williams, without finally 4e--1 oiding the point, said that m the pattlouar \ case where three sons of the bankrupt claimed, the discharge must be held ovei until they abandoned their claims. Ha suggested that the Assignee ohoald commublcftte with other assignees and aiosrtain If they had obtained a decision OB the matter.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1706, 8 November 1887, Page 2
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143A MOOT POINT Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1706, 8 November 1887, Page 2
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