BEING “OLD SOLDIER” IS NO PROTECTION
BANKRUPT’S EXCUSE In opposing a summons for his adjuc ioaticin as bankrupt before Mr. Justice Stringer this morning, Murdoch McDonald gave as his excuse the fact that he was an undischarged soldier. "He seems to be an old soldier,” said his Honour, “and I understand that all soldiers who served overseas have been discharged. In any case. I am afraid that does not protect him." McDonald said he had a good counter-claim. He had property, and the creditors were trying to get it from him. and beat him for his home. His Honour mentioned that McDonald owed £7B, and suggested that he pay it and avoid being adjudicated. Mr. G. P. Finlay, for the petitioning creditor, said it was a curious case. The mother bad transferred a small property at Whangarei to a son who had disappeared. One or another of the family had been in occupation at different times, and there had been a “civil war” occasionally. The debtor said he had occupied the house for 35 years. His Honour pointed out that Bankruptcy proceedings were in debtor’s favour, as his rights to the property would probably be established, and he could then pay his debts. The debtor agreed to this, and he was accordingly adjudicated.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 163, 30 September 1927, Page 9
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