Hrstich v Hrstich - [1954] NZLR 934

Practice — Judgment — Interest — Court's Discretion to award Interest on Amount of Judgment — Moneys retained in Safe Deposit Box to defraud Revenue — On Death of Taxpayer, Brothers, with Widow's Concurrence, taking Amount from Box and refusing to pay it to Widow — Widow obtaining Judgment for Such Amount — No Fraud between Widow and Defendant Brothers — Interest, if awarded, benefiting Estate of Author of Dishonest Scheme to Defraud Revenue and Executrix willing to continue Fraud — Interest refused — Judicature Act, 1908, s 87 — Judicature Amendment Act, 1952, s 3.