A testatrix by her will, made on 5th August 1885, appointed A.B. sole executor and died on 16th January 1886. On the 8th December 1885 the Act No. 842 was passed, sec. 2 of which provides that an executor instead of himself applying for probate may authorise the Trustees Executors and Agency Company Limited to apply for administration c.t.a. unless the testator should by his will have expressed his desire otherwise. A.B. duly authorised the company so to apply, and the company did so.