DISPOSAL OF ESTATE.
MISSING MEMBERS OF FAMILY. AUCKLAND, August 23. A case in which failure to find the missing members of a family has long delayed the distribution of an estate came before Mr Justice Stringer in the Supreme Court to-day. The estate was that of the late Mary King, widow, of Auckland, and it was valued at about £7700. Letters of administration were granted over two years ago to two sons in Auckland, but two other members of the family—Minnie Ada King and Theodore Cleland King, who were en titled te a share in the estate, could not be found.
Mr W. Hall-Skelton, who appeared for the administrators, sought authority to distribute the estate, and asked for direc
tions as to the method of nrotection of the missing sister’s share. Advertisements had been put in the English papers for Theodore Cleland King, fie said, and just as steps were being taken to distribute his portion a letter turned up which Mr Justice Hosking considered might be from this missing brother. Further inquiries proved that it was so. Advertisements had been published for the missing sister, and the brother Theodore, who had not seen her for 20 years,
had sought for her without success. Lt appeared from his affidavit that she was a delicate woman and every effort had been made to discover her. Her share would be about £650 in house property if it would bring that now.
His Honor said be had already granted counsel leave to swear to the death of the missing sister. The only quesilji. was whether some provision should be made in the event of her turning up. As the brother had turned up after a long lapse of time the sister might also do so.
Mr Hall-Skelton said that others of th > family were quite agreeable to enter into a bond securing the sister her share of the estate if she should turn up. His Honor said he considered that a bond would be a suitable method, and when the affidavit referred to was sealed he would consider the question of the missing sister and give directions.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3833, 30 August 1927, Page 36
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354DISPOSAL OF ESTATE. Otago Witness, Issue 3833, 30 August 1927, Page 36
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