SUPREME COURT.-THIS DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 223, 21 September 1888, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.-THIS DAY.

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(Before Mr Justice Gillies.) A. '' Re Paul McDonald (deceased). _-Mr Stone moved for aa order 'empbweririgj,. them to register co^yof williin:' lieu of :tHe,oi"iginal document/ which opuid.riDtibe produced,. Mr Stone stated that, "probate was granted ih: 1880.-—His Honors granted: the application.. -.•'..-■_. • ;.J .-,•-: .'•** :.';". ■,_.._>•-. :A .-

! Probate.;■■*_-■ Pn-■'the application^of; *Mp Stone, Hfb Honor granted; probate in the estate of' Samuel Alfbrd (deceased) -tb tlie executrix named in the will.-.r:r->__■■*:'. •■:..*, ~■.,'

: Fenwick's OA.E.'-.Motibh iinthecasb of. R....,J, Fenwick (lunatic) f6r_ari order ;to traverse. tho»_ Judge's findirig.^'-Mr- Macrae asked His Honor to allow! the.prder to standoyer until next Tuesdayj--when there would; lie ;a blear, d&fi' ' .4;The>application;'whs: .granted.;,.'•; :.-.:■ ; :'A.A -;'".: .;*: '',*.' ,:_]i _;'': • ..,■.■::. '..!' Prescot v. MoDonalß.—Dr.-SlcArthnr. moved for an order'to appointgu'.rdiansun this case.—His Horioh (pointed/but that. it. jmust. be ; done by.petition from the parties/: He thought that it wpuld be necessary to serve a nctice Upon the.GorilmitteeJ/He therefore;!ordeied the application to stand oyer pending such service. .? ' f .; The iSE_?TL_!jp,f_-iA-.r>3: Act, 1886..rr1n the. matter of the Settled i'Lands; Act,.1886, anda certain deed dated ,8th;:1S76;; made between Jbhn Arnold,. Jame_uHaileyV and Robert Kirkwoodj; Mr Hesketh moved' for an order aii_horisingithe::sale of-a cer.. tain, piece of land/ being part of. Allot, merit 8, parish of Aratapu.- He explained . that :the object of -the .amplication !**yas to round off the sharp corner .opposite the .Supremb:Court/ arid; tbe^ required the power;to sell:the larid; He moved embehalf of the tenant for life.: The, eummeris had been': takeri out •■■> and vedttoH the two: trustees. _, His. Honor > said (that .;the application was• quiet*- proper,::. but *V he understood that<■■ the husband , was still alive- and chad a life interest in the evbnt of the death of his wife^tbe. tenant-^-for life.-r-Mr Hesketh said that -wasso,' arid, he: could quite'see the difficulty that aro6e; <aM: a manimight make over property to his wife for;life,:: never dreairiing_ that part! bf it , would be sold.—His Honor decided,that it ,wohld :■'. be necessary to serve arioticeupbri ;the husband alsoj and .accbrdiugly ordered the case to statid;over for the-pf-esent. '• yy