SURPLUS FOR WIDOW.
BANKRUPT ESTATE. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Sept. 13. There were unusual features about a matter before Mr Justice Kennedy in the Supreme Court to-day. this being a notice of motion for an order to approve the dispersal of assets in tie deceased estate of William Sutherland, late of Kaka Point. It was disclosed that, after a declaration of bankruptcy had been made and bankrupt had died, such assets were discovered as made it possible to pay over a surplus to the widow. ■ : , In answer to the Judge, the Official Assignee said lie had not of a similar instance in the Dominion. The Court made an order to transfer tlie surplus assets to the widow.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19400913.2.87
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 245, 13 September 1940, Page 8
Word Count
117SURPLUS FOR WIDOW. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 245, 13 September 1940, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in