LODGE BENEFITS
TO WHOM PAYABLE?
Whether funeral and death benefits payable by the United Ancient Order of Druids in respect of one of its deceased members should be paid to nis widow or to his estate was the principal point at issue in a case which came before the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) by way of originating summons in the Supreme Court yesterday.
The case concerned the estate of the late Edwin Hugh Gough, of Petone, who died' without leaving a will in
August, 1937', His widow, for whom Mr. J. S. Hanna appeared, contended that £120 in death and funeral benefits from the United Ancient Order of Druids was pa/able to her, but children of the deceased by a former marriage, represented by Mr. D. W. Virtue, claimed that the money formed part of the estate and that they were entitled to part of it because the doceased died intestate.
Remarking that the case was an teresting one and would probably be of some importance, his Honour reserved his judgment..
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 132, 7 June 1939, Page 6
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172LODGE BENEFITS Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 132, 7 June 1939, Page 6
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