The law of friendly societies, and industrial and provident societies, with the acts, observations thereon, forms of rules etc., reports of leading cases at length, and a copious index

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Identifikator:: 875232663

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-2698

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: The law of friendly societies, and industrial and provident societies, with the acts, observations thereon, forms of rules etc., reports of leading cases at length, and a copious index

Place of publication:: with the acts, observations thereon, forms of rules etc., reports of leading cases at length, and a copious index$gTenth edition, revised and enlarged

Publisher:: Shaw and Sons

Year of publication:: 1881

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 303 Seiten)

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Collection:: Economics Books

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210 APPENDIX OP CASES. If the Intestate die, His personal Representatives leaving take as follows:— Brother or sister, and chil- Half to brother or sister per dren of a deceased brother head, half to children of or sister. deceased brother or sister by families. Grandfather and brother , All to brother. A study of the contents of this table may afford to mem bers of Friendly and Industrial Societies good reason why they should exercise the privilege of nomination, which has been extended to them, and is now so completely un restrained that the member may nominate any person what ever, whether related to him or not, with the restriction only that the nominee, if a stranger in blood, is not to be an officer or servant of the society. F. Note to sect. 15, sub-sect. 7 op the Friendly Societies/. Act, 1875. Preference is given to a society on the bankruptcy or insolvency of an officer having in his possession by virtue of his office any money or property belonging to the society, as well as on the death of such officer. This is a provision well characterized by Lord FjLdon {Ex parte Ross, 6 Ves. 802)- as “ very liberal, and perhaps more liberal than just, that all creditors, however meritorious, shall be sacrificed to the demand of a friendly society.” It was believed that the provision of the Bankruptcy Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Viet. c. 71, s. 32) by which all debts provable under a bankruptcy are to be paid pari passu, except rates and taxes, and the wages- of clerks and servants, had operated to repeal the priority of friendly societies given by former statutes, though on this point county court judges had given conflicting deci sions {Re Matthews, Ex parte the Society of Women, held at the Blacksmith’s Arms, Mynnddislwyn ; County Courts- Chronicle, 1st May, 1872 ; Re Keywortli, Ex parte the Society of Good Samaritans, Lincoln, Law Times, 24th August,. 1872). The statute now expressly restores it. Under the old statutes, the following decisions have been given, and appear still to be applicable :— The circumstance of the society not having audited the treasurer’s accounts, was held not to deprive it of the

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