LAW QUERIES.
[Answered by a solicitor of the Supreme Court >f New Zealand. Letters ond Telegrams must be iddr*»eed to "LEX," c/o Editor, Otago Witness, Dunedin.] Relation asks:—"A widower dies intestate, leaving a grown-up family, (1) What steps should be taken to secure an equitable distribution of the estate? (2) Who should take proceedings? (3) Can a relation by marriage, who is not a blood relation of the deceased, interfere in the estate? (4) Can the same individual proceed to wind up and' distribute the estate if some
of the children of tho deceased consent to his so acting? (5) If the estate is a small one, what would be the legal costs in winding up tho estate?" Answers: (1) and (2) The children of the deceased should consent to one of their number taking out letters of administration in the estate.
(3) No. (4) No. (5) It is impossible to say what would be the probable legal costs. P. C. asks:—"A partition about 7ft high amd oft long is erected in front of a shop, and one part of the door opens on to one of the partitioned portions of the slicp and the other parT of the door serves for the
other portion of the shop. The shopkeeper sells the same class of goods in the shop which is not partitioned off at the back of the shop. In such a ease, must the storekeeper observe the half holiday?" Answer: Yes.
Leith Valley.—-The company cam legally deduct the moneys although it has not previously notified vou of its intention in that behalf.
J. D.—lf by reason of the neglect or fault of your neighbour the boundary fence was damaged by stock, he will be liable to you for the whole cost of repairing the fence so damaged. . . Accident.—(l) Unless you can prove to the satisfaction of the court that the accident was attributable to the serious and wilful misconduct of the worker, or that the man was not a "worker" as denned by the "Workers' Compensation Act, you will beliable to- pay compensation. (2) You can charge a reasonable sum for board and attendance.
Papers.—A fresh application for a pension will be necessary.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3315, 26 September 1917, Page 35
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365LAW QUERIES. Otago Witness, Issue 3315, 26 September 1917, Page 35
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