APPEAL TO BE LODGED
ALLEGED BREACH OF TRUST. [Per United Press Association.] ASHBURTON, December 16. _ It is reported that an appeal on certain points against the judge’s decision in the Supreme" Court action Florence J. M. Morgan and others v. the trustees of the estate of the late E. G. Wright lias been lodged by the plaintiffs, the hearing to bo commenced probably on March 16. The case is one in which breaches of trust are alleged. The defendants were Douglas George Wright and Winslow Harriet Myra Wright (of Ashburton, widow) and the Hon. W. Nosworthy (of Mesopotamia Station, farmer}.. Mr Justice Reed, jn his judgment, made an order for inquiries regarding tho prices paid for stock by D. C. Wright, also the interest paid by him to the trust estate. Regarding the application to remove the trustees, the judge enid that neither Mrs Wright nor Mr"Nosworthy was in a position to look after the estate properly, but that nothing conveyed to his mind the faintest impression of mala fides or fraud on their part. Nevertheless, they should apply to be removed from the trusteeship, and have tho estate transferred to the Public Trustee.
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Evening Star, Issue 18817, 16 December 1924, Page 6
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194APPEAL TO BE LODGED Evening Star, Issue 18817, 16 December 1924, Page 6
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