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High Court Wellington
17 July 1961
Turner J.
17 July 1961
Turner J.
Courts — Jurisdiction — Supreme Court — Mental defective — Effect of passing of Mental Health Act 1959 (Eng.) — Power to authorise pre-payment of death duties — Judicature Act 1908, s. 17.
Mental health — Mental defectives — Jurisdiction of Supreme Court — Not diminished by passing of Mental Health Act 1959 (Eng.) — Power to authorise pre-payment of death duties — Judicature Act 1908, s. 17.
Mental health — Mental defectives — Public Trustee — Position as statutory administrator — Same as if appointed committee after inquisition — Mental Health Act 1911, ss. 88, 89.