OBITUARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1717, 7 January 1920, Page 5

OBITUARY.

MR C. B. MORISON, K.C. r

Tho death occurred at Wellington y ester dav, after a long illness, of 'Mr Charles Bruce Morison, K.C., tho well-known Wellington barrister. Born at Elgin, Scotland, in 1861, deceased camo to Now Zea.land with his parents when 12 years of ago and lived with them in Mastorton. Mr Morison entered tho Post and Telegraph Office when quite young, but left tho service to go to Nelson College. On completing his scholastic career ho entered a law office in Wellington and on being- admitted practised his profession for a time in Woodville, later leaving for Wellington to en);er into partnership with Mr A. R. Atkinson. Later, that union was dissolved, and Mr Morison took Mr C. A. Loughnan as a partner, tho new linn taking over the legal business of Sir W. Bassett Edwards, on the latter’s elevation to the Supreme Court bench. _ When Mr C. A. Loughnan left to practise in Palmerston North, ho was succeeded in the lirm by his brother, Mr F. 0. B. Loughnan, which partnership came to an end in 1904. For two years Mr Morison practised alone, and in 1906 he took the late Mr G. McLean into partnership, and, on the latter’s death in 1908, admitted Mr W. S. Smith to partnership. Tho late Mr Monson, an able pleader at the bar, and an admitted authority on company law in New Zealand, v was among the second group of barristers'who were appointed King’s Counsel In 1899 deceased contested tho Otuki seat against the late Mr Henry A. Field, and was only defeated by 306 votes in a total poll of 3371 votes. Mr 11. A. Field died in December of that year, when Mr Morison again contested tho seat, on this occasion against Mr W. H. Field, when he was again defeated by a narrow margin. Since then he has been ticked on several occasions to contest various teats in Parliament, hut has always declined. lie, however, took a very ardent inly terest in tho Reform Party, when it came into being some thirteen or fourteen years ago and rendered signal service to that party, which later gained tho Treasury ” reaches and held them up till the time the (National Government came into being in 1914, and since tho reversion to the old party lines. ” . Mr Morison has contributed works of solid value to the literature of law in this country. His “Law of Limited Liability Companies in New Zealand,” published in 1904, is a standard work of undisputed importanco. He also published a volume on tho “ Licensing Laws of New Zealand.” and as late of 1916, published his “ Principles of tho Recission of Contracts,” which was laudatorily reviewed, bv sued able practitioners as Sir John Findlay, K.C., Mr C. P. Skerrett, K.C., and Mr A. R. Atkinson, . who agreed that it was a work no law library in New Zealand should be without, Mr Morison, whoso high personal char■|aeti'r won him the respect of all, leaves a widow (who was a daughter of the late * Colonel Haultnine), two sons (Captain B. If, Morison, M 0., of the .Main Body, and Captain Gordon Morison. M.C., also of tho L firm of Morison and Smith) __ and two fi daughters, Misses- Marjory and Claire MoriI son. Miss Jane Morison. of Masterton, is a ■ sister. The deceased was a keen fisherman, enjoyed an occasional shooting expedition, hut was happiest when amongst his hooks. — , Dominion.