Attachment of Boldlers Pay.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 11979, 24 September 1906, Page 5

Attachment of Boldlers Pay.

* WELLINGTON, September 24. In the case of Mrs. Allan, who applied for attachment of moneys due to her husband under the Imperial Army Act of 1881, the Chief Justice refused the order without costs. Allan had served as a soldier in the South African War, and Mrs. Allan had obtained judgment for £37 10s, costs in a divorce suit, and sought that the amount should be charged against the amount due to the respondent. His Honor held that under section 141 of the Act mentioned, he had no power to grant an order, but it "was a ca6e in which a petition to the military authorities would no doubt be effective in enabling petitioner to get a vrarrant for payment of the amount.