AFFAIRS OF S.P.C.A.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 237, 6 October 1932, Page 8

AFFAIRS OF S.P.C.A.

MEMBER'S CLAIM REJECTED.

MAGISTEATE NOT ARBITRATOR.I,i

An unusual claim was heard -'at thi Magistrate's Court this niornhi" , by Mr l E. C. Cutten, S.M., the plaintiff being Emily Moon, who sued the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for 10/. - v

Counsel for plaintiff explained that tha society passed a resolution making the president of the ladies' committee an ex officio member of the executive. Under the Incorporated Societies Act.the Sew,.. lution was an amendment of the cemafitution, and should be registered. Oppo- I sition came from certain quarters, anil J the amendment was not registered-by the executive. Three of the lady m&nbere registered, in accordance with the •■ Act, and the fee of 10/ was paid br - plaintiff. -• ' V

Afte'r hearing argument the magig- : trate said the question for. him wae npfc : . how the eociety was conducted, bit\ whether plaintiff had a legal right to ' recover. Hβ held that the clause under &L which ehe had acted was a machinery clause. There was no penalty if; an V amendment was not registered; the reso- ■ hition merely became ineffective. .Hβ,;.;. did not; consider it within his jurisdie-'' y tion to act as an arbitrator. If there was a difference of opinion it was a matter for the eociety itself, and not for the ■"•■' Court. Judgment would be for the defendant. ■■'■ ~ . • '■■ 1 V / :•: