INFANT’S £20,000
MOTHER AS TRUSTEE Mr Justice Bennett was asked in the Chancery Division, London, the other day, to decide whether an “infant” in the eyes of the law could exercise the “faculties of judgment, discretion and selection.” The “infant” referred to—Mr Norman John Bridges Parsons; of Old Wharf Farm, Shillingford. Oxford, who was 20 last February—appointed his mother to the vacant trusteeship of a fund of £20,000 settled upon him by his father, who died in 1926. The wisdom or propriety of the appointment was not challenged—only its validity. His Lordship reserved judgment, as there was no direct authority on the point.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21784, 14 October 1940, Page 10
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103INFANT’S £20,000 Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21784, 14 October 1940, Page 10
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