In re L (A Mental Defective) - [1954] NZLR 510

Mental Defectives — Committee — Retail Trading Business — Mental Defective Majority Shareholder — Wife of Mental Defective and Shop Manager successfully controlling Business for Several Years — Such Persons petitioning to be appointed Committee in lieu of Public Trustee — Public Trustee's Power to exercise Majority Shareholders' Rights — Petition dismissed — Order limiting Public Trustee's Power to control Business — Voting by Him at Shareholders' Meetings to establish Buying or Trading Policy contrary to Policy approved by Petitioners to be Subject to Court's Precedent Approval — Petitioners given full Responsibility and Freedom in Organization and Conduct of Business — Mental Defectives Act, 1911, s 106.