Re P (A Mental Patient) - [1956] NZLR 283

Mental Defectives — Authority of Court asked for Sale of Patient's Interest in Land — Such Sale adeeming Specific Devise in Patient's Will — Sale in Patient's Interest — Order made preserving, as far as possible, Devolution of Patient's Estate — Nature of Order made.

Mental Defectives — Disclosure to Court of Contents of Patient's Will — Such Disclosure to Necessary Extent Proper, where Court invited to authorize Transaction affecting Testamentary Dispositions.