APPEAL COURT.
Per Press Asociation. Wellington, April 17. The Appeal Court is hearing the ease of the Public Trustee v. the Commissioner for Stamps. Wm. Harrop, of Devonport, who died on April 22, 19(14, leftestate valued at £28,013. After making some small bequests the residue was to go towards building the Anglican Cathedral at Dunedin. The Public Trustee was appointed executor. . The Stamp,,. Olliee claimed duty on all bequcstx;** amounting to t3582, and this the Public Trustee refused to pay on the ground that, with (he exception of two Hiiuil! annuities, (he hcipieaU...waro. exempt from duty under "charitable gifts exemption" and kindred Acts. The real point of the case is whether a bequest for building a cathedral is for the benefit of the public, and brings the bequest under the exemption. In the lower court the point was decided against. (15? Public Trustee, who now appeals. It is on these lines (hat the case is beinir argued. b
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 18 April 1907, Page 2
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158APPEAL COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 18 April 1907, Page 2
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