A CURIOUS LAW POINT.
.)■ . Mei.iioi'iSNE, August 21. In Court a judgment has been delivoredon an interesting point. The Clerk of Probate has declined to pass a bequest for holding masses for the repose of the testator's soul on the ground that Acts of l'Mward Viand (leorge IV prohibited it. The Judge held that the first .l named Act was passed against lfr Catholics for the Reformation Party, and it was unreasonable to apply it now. As to the Act of George IV,, it should he construed reasonably, with regard to circumstances, and he decided that Hie bequest was good.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5108, 21 August 1895, Page 3
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99A CURIOUS LAW POINT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5108, 21 August 1895, Page 3
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