TRADE PROTECTION SOCIETIES.
There is in Melbourne what is called a Trade Protection Society, one of whose functions is the collection of debts. In effecting a transaction in this line an officer of the society by some means blundered, and caused a levy to be made on the property of a person •who had already satisfied the judgmentissued againathim. The victim took proceedings, and recovered damages the presiding judge (Fellows) delivered a strong opinion in his favor. When the plaintiff was asked why he did not communicate with the manager of the society when an officer came to levy for a debt which had been already paid, Mr Justice Fellows interposed and said, “Why should he write to a parcel of conspirators ? If he prosecuted the lot it would only serve them right, for if ever there was an illegal society this Trade Protection Society is one.” The Melbourne ‘Argus’ questions this dictum, and maintains that the Society is a perfectly legitimate one. “If (it adds) any dry-as-dust statute forbids co-operation for legal purposes, it is not in accordance with the spirit of the age, and should be swept away with all convenient speed, notwithstanding the fond affection with which some lawyers appear to regard it.”
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Evening Star, Issue 4295, 1 December 1876, Page 4
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206TRADE PROTECTION SOCIETIES. Evening Star, Issue 4295, 1 December 1876, Page 4
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