A CARTERTON CASE.
A DISSATISFIED LEGATEE.
Lengthy argument was heard by [ Mr Justice Cooper in the Welling- | ton Supreme Court on Thursday, in the case of Hutchison v. the Public Trustee. The plaintiff, Mable Carrington Hutchison, is a daughter of the late William Booth, who by his will his sawmill at Carterton to be by the Public Trustee for the o<:?j ■- fit of his three daughters, so i<;i;g as it woUld be run profitably. The mill was run accordingly, and after some time the manager, Rathbone, sued the Public Trustee for Commission, in terms of the will, and obtained judgment. After four or five years the business having fallen off, the Public Trustee sold it, with the consent of the beneficiaries, to Howard Booth, son of the testator, for £7OOO. When the testator died the mill was valued at £12,000. The plaintiff, on these facts, asked forpmduction of accounts. The case was partly heard some time ago. After hearing evidence and argu- ' ment, his Honor reserved his del cision. Mr G. Hutchison, of Wanganui, appeared for the plaintiff; Mr A. Gray and Mr Myers for the Public Trustee.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10072, 20 August 1910, Page 7
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188A CARTERTON CASE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10072, 20 August 1910, Page 7
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