Government Railways Superannuation Fund Board v Fastier - (1905) 26 NZLR 1174

Office — Compensation for Loss of — Railway Servant — Previously Civil Servant — "The Civil Service Act, 1866," Section 12 — "The Government Railways Act, 1887," Section 76 — Whether Right vested under — Officer dying in Service of Railway Department — Whether Right survives to Representatives — "The Government Railways Superannuation Fund Act, 1902," Section 16 — Election to subscribe to Fund under — Effect of — Construction of Statute — Enactment by Legislature under a Mistake of Law.