ANNUITY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 146, 21 June 1923, Page 15

ANNUITY.

• AMOUNT TO BE IN CREASED. BEQUESTS TO CHARITIES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) ■\VELLIXGTOX, Wednesday. Tn a ca se before tlle Supreme Court, _ 0 plaintiff *ras a widow of a New- Ply-. mouth resident who had left a very I J,nre sum of money «o charities, includ- • ■„/provision for destitute Chinese and Indians, and a small annuity to his wife, j nio is'now an invalid. The petitioner j Mary Catherine Kirkpatrick. An • annnitv oi £130 "•''a* 3 bequeathed to the | jietitioner, a nephew had 'been left £400, ] Ld the children of another woman were I left £400, primarily to be applied to fitting a son for the priesthood. If the | ton proved unsuitable the money was to i he expended for the general education ot j the other children. A sum of £2G20 was | left to religious charities and trusts, and j o ther sums for masses. The residue oi j £1867 """as to be devoted to assisting destitute Chinese and Indians. Jt.was stated the plaintiff was 59 years old, and a permanent invalid, requiring the constant attention of a nurse. It •was suggested that her health had been undermined attending to her 'husband during the last ten years of his life. She was married to him in ISSI. The widow gsked for £250 cash, the use of the house occupied by her, and that the annuity be increased to £300 a year. ilr. Crombie, who appeared for the Soman Catholic Archbishop of Wellington, stated it had 'been agreed that, owing to altered circumstances since the j will was made, further provision should j "be made to the widow. He suggested , ler annuity be raised to £200, the plain. tiff to have the use of the house and furniture for life, or in lieu of this be given an additional amount. His Honor remarked that charity should begin at home. He reserved his decision. {