AN INTERESTING LAW POINT.
[By Telegraph—Press Association.] r New Plymouth, last night. In the District Court to-day, a caso involving the construction of the Administration Act was heard byjudgo Kettle. At the time of the death, testator was insolvent, and the estate was subsequently administered in bankruptcy. Tho question was whether in a claim for under the preferential clause, the four months’ limit should date from the time of death or the filing of tho petition by the Administrator in Bankruptcy. Mr Barton, for the creditors, contended that the spirit of the Act was in favor of the timo dating from death, as the employees could not serve a dead master. After a lengthy argument, the Judge decided to construe tho Act liberally, and made an order for the claim to date back four months from the death of the debtor
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 120, 31 May 1901, Page 2
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141AN INTERESTING LAW POINT. Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 120, 31 May 1901, Page 2
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