Sullivan v Brett - [1981] 2 NZLR 202

Wills — Testamentary promises — Limitation of actions — Whether the Court had jurisdiction to grant leave to bring proceedings out of time — Whether there had been a "final distribution of the estate of the deceased" — Whether, in respect of assets (realty and furniture) still in the hands of the executor at the date on which the application was made, the executor had become a trustee — Administration Act 1969, s 30 — Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949, s 6.