Re George (Anne)

• Jurisdiction: St Lucia
• Court: High Court (Saint Lucia)
• Judge: Bishop, J.
• Judgment Date: 20 January 1968
• Neutral Citation: LC 1968 HC 2
• Date: 20 January 1968

Supreme Court

Bishop, J.

Re: George (Anne)

Death duty - Applicant sought a declaration that the amount of duty in dispute as adduced in evidence at the hearing of the said appeal is more than the sum of $120.00 — Section 23(3) of the Succession Duty Ordinance considered — Court held that the section requests that an appeal shall be allowed when the amount of duty in dispute is more than $120.00 greater than the amount of duty determined by the judge — Court held that the excess was only $10.00 — Application dismissed.

Bishop, J.

1 The application reads inter alia:

“The Applicant hereby makes application to the Honourable Mr. Justice Eric H. A. Bishop, for his certification that the amount of duty in dispute as adduced in evidence at the hearing of the said Appeal is more than the sum of $120.00”.

2 Paragraph 3 of the application refers to the effect of the testimony of a witness on behalf of the appellant – as decided by the applicant.

3 This application is unsupported by any affidavit whatsoever and this is conceded by Counsel for the applicant and also it is my view that paragraph 3 of the application as it stands serves no useful purpose in this matter.

4 In any event I am satisfied that this application as it stands ought to be refused if for no other reason but that...