Section 25, sub-section 1, of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893 provides that a member may nominate a person to whom his property in the society ‘shall be transferred at his decease, provided that the amount credited to him in the books of the society does not then exceed pounds 100 sterling.’ Held ( … Continue reading Eccles Provident Industrial Co-Operative Society v Griffiths: HL 4 Mar 1912
In 1916 the respondent society which the appellant had joined in 1903 altered its rules. By the new rules, to which the appellant objected as in unreasonable restraint of trade, members became bound under penalty to sell their whole output of milk to the respondents at their price, whilst they were prohibited from withdrawing from … Continue reading M’Ellistram v Ballymaceltigott Co-Operative Agricultural and Dairy Society Ltd: HL 24 Mar 1919
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Under Rule 64 of a Society registered under the Act, rules could be amended ‘by resolution of a three-fourths majority at a special general meeting’. Various amendments were carried by a three-fourths majority of the shareholders. The effect of one of the amendments, if valid, was to impose on many members an obligation to subscribe … Continue reading C Hole v Garnsey: HL 1930
