APPEAL COURT.
INTERESTING POINT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Friday. The Appeal Court to-day is hearing a ease in re Dickens, deceased, in which Is raised the right of the Public Trustee to administer estates in till eases where a person dies intestate, whether there are next of kin in New Zealand <wlho wish to apply or not. In this case an enginedriver atPetone, applied for administration. The Public Trustee claimed that under the law he had the right to act, unless the Court thought fit to grant administration to any other person who applies. 'The section of the Act under which the claim i* made has always been considered to impose this duty on the Public Trustee, in order to protect relatives. The case comes before the Court by arrangement with Sir John Findlay, IC.C., and Mr. Mac Donald, acting for the Public Trustee, and Messrs. Myers and Petheriek for Mrs. Dickens, Mr. Gray, for the New Zealand Law Society, is representing the public generally.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 129, 18 October 1912, Page 5
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165APPEAL COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 129, 18 October 1912, Page 5
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