SUPREME COURT.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1686, 16 July 1879, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.

SITTINGS IN CHAMBERS. [Before his Honor Mr Justice Johnston.] His Honor sat in the Court Chambers at 31 a.m. BE -WILL OF ELIZABETH LASIIELOB, DECEASED. Dr. Foster applied heroin for probate to J. B. Daltry and J. M. Wheeler, as executors of the .said will. His Honor made the order. ORDERS FOB COSTS. Orders for costs were made in re J. A. Bamford and Barnard Simpson. RE HENRY RETELL. Mr Cotterill applied herein for an order discharging the debtor. His Honor made the order as prayed. RE ANDREW KIRKLAND ALEXANDER. Mr Thompson applied for the discharge of tho debtor. Hia Honor granted the discharge as applied for. RE DEED OF GEORGE HUTCHINSON. Dr. Foster opplied for an order declaring complete execution of deed. Mr Cowlishaw appeared to oppose. The matter stood over till next sitting. LEASES AND SALES ACT AND BE PETITION OF SARAH BACK. Mr Hobden applied herein for an order to tho trustee under tho will to sell certain lauds th vised. His Honor said that this application was orib which should be beard in LuiU-O, and not in chambers. The application would have to stand over 111 next lanco day.

KK ESTATE OV W. PAEIBH, DECEASED. Mr Wynn Williams applied for an order heroin, enabling tho sole executor of the said W. Parish to transfer a certain allotment of land to certain 'purchasers under the Land Transfer Act. The will had been made eo far look aa 1503, and daring the life-time of the

testator he sold a section of land to a number of purchasers, which had been brought under the Laud Transfer Act. Now the Laud Transter officer refused to register the executor as proprietor, on the ground that there was no power of sale under the will. After some discussion, , , His Honor said he could not uudertafee to decide a nice question of conveyancing off tiina. Mr Williams had better get the purchasers, with the consent of the trustees, to make application to the District Land Registrar to bo registered as proprietors. If he refused, then Mr Williams might apply for a rale calling upon the District Land Registrar to show cause why he should not do so. RE THOMAS POOLE, Mr Eamford applied herein for the discharge of the debtor. , , ~ The creditors in this case had suspended the discharge of tho bankrupt for twelve months, against which ho now appealed. His Honor said that the case had stood over to enable the creditors to come in and he heard in support of their resolution. As they had not come in, tho Court was bound to assume that the creditors were not prepared to support their resolution. The debtor would be discharged. Order of discharge accordingly.