EXECUTORS SUED.
MONEY FOR VISIT TO ENGLAND. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 20. Hilbert William Acton Adams, of Tipapa, North Canterbury, who inherited £150,000 in cash under the will of his lato father, sued the executors of tlie estate in the Supreme Court today tor £ISOO.
In 1921 plaintiff's father, William Acton. Adams, who resided in England, sent instructions for plaintiff, his wife daughter and son, to visit him. C. C. M. Ollivier, attorney in England for William Acton Adams, provided for plaintiff the Mini of £2500 out of the moneys belonging to William Acton Adams as a reasonable sum to defray expenses on the voyage. Plaintiff and his family were affectionately received by William Acton Adams who, however, instructed liis accountants in New Zealand to allow only £IOOO on account of expenses. The trustees debited plaintiff with the sum of £2500 but credited him with £IOOO. The expenses exceeded £2500 and plaintiff had to appoint a manager on the Tipap.a property which was then owned by William Acton Adams. The sum of £ISOO therefore was claimed. The defence was that the sum of £2500 was loaned or provided by Ollivier who had no authority to make a gift to plaintiff. At tho time plaintiff knew that the sum was not a gift by Ollivier on behalf of William Acton Adams and knew that he was liable to repay the sum to William Acton Adams. As William Acton Adams had instructed his accountants to credit plaintiff with the sum of £IOOO plaintiff was discharged from his liability to repay that sum, but his liability to repay tile sum of £ISOO remained. Judgment was reserved.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 304, 21 November 1928, Page 4
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