RESPONSIBILITY OF TRUSTEES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10585, 14 October 1910, Page 4

RESPONSIBILITY OF TRUSTEES.

(Ptii Pblss Association.)

:'*i'' ""• Nelson, October : li.■'■..: ! decision of importance to agents] aifdiaWorjieys, was to-day/by Mr; Evans:"- 'S.M.. iri an action, \ Mrs v. C. Y. Fell, solicitor. The jSpaistnite, in an exhaustive'judgment, '.-a tenant for life who'.is also the settlement has rip right '•K>!iqdnimit equitable waste, and', where -an-f attorney tor such tenant authorises a;'neighbor adjoining a settled' estate •to. cut down and carry away ornamental .■fir^S: ; 'which obstructed his view, the aittflrney does an act wholly outside his authority, and is joint tort-feasor with ilie-person cutting the trees, and liable ilil\damages at suit of remainderman. Judgment was given for plaintiff against attorney for injury to the estate.