An officer of a friendly society, ‘being indebted to the society for moneys received on their behalf, resigned his office and made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors, The assignee received from the estate more than the balance due to the society, but refused to pay it over. No specific money belonging to the society was proved to have come to the hands of the assignee.
Held: that the assignee was not liable to be proceeded against before justices under s. 24 of the 18 and 19 Vict. c. 63.
(1865-1866) LR 1 QB 274, [1865] UKLawRpKQB 22
Commonlii
England and Wales
Updated: 07 August 2021; Ref: scu.653037