CHARITABLE BEQUESTS
SUPREME COURT CASE. (II TEIBaRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) NAPIER, 18th March, In the Supreme Court, before the Chief Justice, Amelia C. Macfarlane proceeded against Francis Logan, solicitor, and J. V. Brown, trustees in the Knowles Estate, which has been before the Privy Council in reference to charitable bequests which were declared void. The plaintiff is the daughter of the late Mr. Knowles. The claim alleged wilful default of. trust, sales of property being alleged to have been made under value, and prayed for an order for the estate to be administered' by the Court and such relief as the Court might deem just. Evidence was concluded to-day. Mr. Myers, for the plaintiff, moved for removal of the case to the Court of Appeal. Mr. Skerrett opposed the motion.
Argument on two points of law is to be heard in Wellington on 31st March. Meantime, the Judge will consider the motion for removal of the case to the Court of Appeal.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 65, 19 March 1919, Page 7
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160CHARITABLE BEQUESTS Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 65, 19 March 1919, Page 7
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