ESTATE OF A NATIVE.
THE POWER OF THE COURT* '<'■ [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ; • , •'• Wellington, Monday. The Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) delivered his decision' to-dav in the case of a petition by the trustees and executors of the will of laai'o Wajtara, of Parihaka fie Whiti's successor), for ' commission --for administering the • estate. • ' ■ - - y The question' to be answered in the case was : whether the Court had powers so to interfere in* the administration of -the estate, of ah aboriginal ; native-of .New Zealand as" to grant commission under section .20 of —tho Administration Act, 1903. The estate totalled £26,017 7s 6d. ' Sir - Robert: Stout ; held< that-' the special power of the Native Land Act over-rides the provisions of the Administration Act, •and that tho Supreme Court has no power to' grant commission to the executors.. "If," added His Honor, "the Native Land . Court , cannot , grant . commission,' then there seems to be need of some au,thority being give to that Court." Ho remarked: that other judges whom he* had .consulted agreed with "him.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14855, 5 December 1911, Page 8
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171ESTATE OF A NATIVE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14855, 5 December 1911, Page 8
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