PUBLIC TRUST CASE.
Wellington, This day,
In the case of D. I. Rago v. the Public Trustee, Mr Stafford, for tho defendant, raised the question of jurisdiction, contending that the action having been instituted after the marriage of Miss Wright, and her maintenance having ceased, proceedings should have been by petition in lunacy to have tho accounts examined. Mr Justice Richmond upheld the point, and gave judgment for defendants without costs. The plaintiff will now proceed by petition in lunacy. Later. In the case againßt the Public Trustee Judge Richmond observed that so far as he could gather from the evidence given go far, law costs appeared to be the primary cause for the action, as there did not appear to be any specific charges against the defendant. It was a great pity there was not a proper officer here, as in other countries, to look after the taxing of costs for poor suitors. In the colony, unfortunately, those who looked after this work were persons not having large experience, but who, no doubt, acted to the best of their ability.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6265, 29 September 1891, Page 3
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