LAND GIFT TO THE CROWN.
NOT LIABLE TO RATES. JUDGMENT OF FULL COURT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, July 29. Tire Full Court gave judgment thia morning in the case of the Public Trustee v. the Waipawa County Council, in which the court was asked to determine whether the reality in the estate of Josiah Howard, who left all his property for the purposes of education, was liable for rates under the Rating Act, 1908. Mr. Justice Adams delivered the judgment of the court, in the course of which, he said the power o£ the County Council to levy rates did not apply ts property vested . in his Majesty, even though it was held by the Public Trustee. The Howard estate, he said, belonged to and the equitable interest was vested in the Crown. The property, he concluded, was also exempt from rates under the royal prerogative. The answer to the question asked ’was, therefore, that the reality in the estate was not liable for rates. No order was made as to costa.
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1921, Page 7
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172LAND GIFT TO THE CROWN. Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1921, Page 7
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