SUPREME COURT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 15

SUPREME COURT.

'IN CHAMBERS. _ His •• Honour: Mr. ,'Justico Chapman held a - -' •sitting' in; Chambers' yesterday-' morning.. : . PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION. -. Orders; for probate in the ostates of de- •;, '/parsons : were . granted- as; follow: — ■ •William 11010, J. Furze, AV. J. Evans, T. • G. Cany I. Plimmer, John Hallulay, and " E. A. -Graham..: Orders for administration— C. Duffy aud J. Crawford. J A' COMPLICATED PROCEDURE : V Mri;;Skerrett^K.C., madoi application for, an -granting.. to '.'/take' , evidence- , bearing ,on a caso (Knauor v. ■Lauennan) ■ beforethe Courts at Dotmold, m Germany, :of:', resident'.'iii Wellington; :.'.- ; - \ It .was v.osplained' that 1 before this par- ■ ticularj-oviclence could bo take)), it would . ■; be . necessary to 'obtain an order from the . Court-,:i 'and -forward the , ,sauio' •; to ■>; - the : Colonial, Office at London. From there tho document be ihnnded-'on- to ithe German.'Ambassador, and t thonco: to tho Ger- , man Consul.iat' Welling't-on. The order, was granted,- tho : question- of -costs- being re;:V; : :^ServiKlif,K '' 7 '-V^T'' "'T '^ GEORGETTI v. ( GEORGEITI , Application was made by Mr. Martin r Chappiaiv IC.C., 'on "behalf of tlio petitioner • :• in re;."the divorce case. Georgotti v. Geor- : ■; gcttij ■ for leavo to issue a commission to < • take tho evidence of .several witnesses - m . 'England, on tlio grounds ( that such evidence .: was necessary'for. tlio'pilrpose of petitioner's ■:Mr. Myers, for tho respondent, asked that :■' the . order .be over pending the. arrival ;-r - ln Now Zealand of his client, who was. o.\- • peoted'almost any day. . In. support,r counsel stated that, the - evidence sought tn be ob- : taiiled 'in r'-Eiigland : was .'refdrablo jfrmcipallj: 1 cprtiiiii rallegatipiis ; in aineniled: pbtir ; -tion-filed'•by-:'petiti6nervduring rcspoijdentls l absence frojji New 'Zealand;/ :lhe Court had already^ : dr'deredVthfitffcspp*ndeht'slmu ... ' until >May Ito file an anssver. to the peti- i '■ . .'.His Honour hold that a divorce petition i , was different'from an "ordinary; petition;'-and • Tinder< tho ' circumstances it -would/be iieces- , ~ . Bary !for,the. evidence to bo taken.: /Ho did , not ; that , ; hO : could; .delay. tho ' actiial making of 'the. ordorj-vwhich, however,• need ; - I :not tAteessarily• ; lie. issued'■ immediately. :'.: : ". i:Mr; j.Myers .suggested that this prqcedurei,, ,".in'-effect;' amounted .'to the same thing, 'and'; urgetl.that the making, of the order..stand■ over /until the arrival: of .his client.-.This

"was opposed by counsel 1 for the petitioner. His said'Ttliat -rfcspondont; should - s »l;.be'; givetf; an^opportunity*of cpn3idoring>;tnq matter,; and,- if necessary, sending mstnictionsi'to England. l The- order uould be granted, but it would not bo used until . '•' 30;diiys'ftpg;|atpi;icM9pt : : .= of' • ; : %■'' Referring' l .to ; tho ; question of .?.■ costs, .. ho \ ! inquire as. ; to ; Wat. was'.a. proper, suni: to: be paid,, pr ' y ••'iecured'.to cover :the'tcos^vbf ;^9' ; j":>ndi of 'i executing the:sam3. : . rs to. fwliethpr this sura or any part of, it ; SMiired'....by.; bond,' or paid- into •« OourV' 'or paid: to the wife, would bo re-; . served, i The -Registrar." would.afford/ 4!') dent^^-'reasonable r ;"ppportunity'"of :\beiiig ■■■■■■■, hoard, on 1 -the question of. the amount. : ROSENBERG v. ROSENBERG ■■'}U^•Ah'tSrder,;-f.or; payment',; of in 'the"diyr' ':-y ■ orce caso Roso'nberg v. Rosenberg.'. ' '• ; FITZHERBERT v. ■ V/ATERHOUSE. V Mr.i-'Siyers moved for directions as to the i servico'of originating., summons in tlio case, Fitzherbert v. "Waterliouse. ■ Counsel e.\plain'ed'ij.lhat;: plaintiff's/ solicitors' were act- . ing';ibrv'both'; parties, and. appointing xounieb to represent separate interests. .His Hon•'•our directed that. theKservice bodispensedwith 1- ! |Av:/'V ! : ''• M'ELDOWNEY y. THOMPSON. 'Sir '-Kenneth Douglas, ' for tho plaintiff, moved;for an order for ".'interrogatories.-" 'She prder: : .waS:' : made, 'dbferidaht ■ to repfy-to;tho interrogatories, and to state ••"if tho , 'Camendcd--statemcn^f ! of=sicfehce :t, irii-.; swored any of ithem. The question of costs, £2 25., was reserved. f . - .. ...