BEQUEST TO BLIND

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 232, 29 June 1939, Page 7

BEQUEST TO BLIND

Supreme Court Ruling

A ruling in respect of a bequest to the blind by the late Cyril Irwin Dasent, retired secretary, Wellington, who died in July, 1937, was sought before his Honour Mr. Justice Reed in the Supreme Court, Wellington, yesterday. Mr. Byrne represented the Public Trustee, Mr. J. Prendeville the Attorney-General, Mr. Kemp the New Zealand Institute for the Blind, Mr. E. M. Sladden the next-of-kin (Evelyn, W E. and G. P. Dasent), and Mr. M. R. Watterson the Wellington Social Club for the Blind. The facts as stated were that testator provided in his will that the residue of his estate (£600) be handed to the Institute for the Care of the Blind in Wellington, but there was no institute of this name. His Honour ruled that there was a genuine charitable intention on testator s part and that the bequest should not lapse but should be used for the purposes of the care of the blind according to a scheme submitted by counsel. This scheme provides for the setting up of a committee to administer the residue (to be called the Cyril Irwin Dasent Fund) for the benefit of the blind generally in the Wellington district extending as far as Waikanae on the coast and Mungaroa inland.