DAMAGES AWARDED.
CLAIM AGAINST ESTATE. Per Press Association. , NELSON, Dec. 7. Mr Justice Blair gave judgment in the case of Margaret M. Sepio v. the Perpetual Trustees Co., Ltd., awarding plaintiff ££7 damages for injuries to her furniture inflicted by the late John Joseph Halpin,-the testator, also allowing her claim for £9OO, the amount required to pay off a mortgage on her house, testator having presented her with the equity in the same. He previously presented her with a house in Addington, but resumed ownership of the latter in exchange for the house in Nelson, upon which he had paid Mtlf the purchase money as a deposit by way of a gift to her. The late Mr Halpin’s wife had adopted Mrs Sepie, but Halpin had " + been joined in the adoption proceedings, arid it was not until these proceedings were begun that she discovered that she was not his daughter. L rn,,. Tudge commented on the action f the Perpetual Trustee Co. in defending the claim, remarking that it was the uUty of the company to act as it did.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 9, 8 December 1932, Page 7
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180DAMAGES AWARDED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 9, 8 December 1932, Page 7
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