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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland
[May, 1943
will realise the stock for the best price
obtainable and let us have cheque in due
course.
Yours faithfully,
Jackson & Sons."
The plaintiffs sold the stock but before the
transfer could be registered, the registered
owner, a Miss Lucas, objected to the registra
tion of the transfer with the result that the
Company refused to act on same.
The
plain tiffs
suffered damage and held
the
defendants responsible to indemnify them
as principals.
The contract note sent by
the plaintiffs to the defendants was headed
" Sold for account of Messrs. Jackson &
Sons. Commission divisible with above firm.
Miss E. A. Lucas." It was proved on behalf
of the defendants that the stock certificate
was in the name of Miss Lucas, that the
letter written by the stockbrokers with the
contract note was headed " A/c. Miss E. A.
Lucas," and that the contract note stated
that the commission was to be shared be
tween the defendants, and the plaintiffs, and
these facts were relied upon as showing that
the plaintiffs dealt with the defendants as
agents for a disclosed principal. The House
of Lords rejected
this argument, holding
that none of these facts was sufficient to
displace the written authority contained in
the defendants' letters quoted above and
the terms of
the contract note sent
to
and accepted by the . defendants and that
they were therefore liable to indemnify the
plaintiffs. Per Lord Atkin : " The fact that
the plaintiffs supposed that the solicitors
were acting for a client or knew that they
were or even knew that the client was Miss
Lucas (which is certainly doubtful) would
have no effect to indicate that the plaintiffs
were regarding the defendants as anything -
but principals as against them."
LEGAL APPOINTMENTS.
MR. GEORGE H. POLLOCK, Secretary of the
Incorporated Law Society of Northern Ire
land, has been appointed Clerk of the Crown
and Peace, for Belfast and County Antrim,
in succession to Mr. R. A. Corscadden, now
Chief Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland.
Mr. Pollock was admitted a Solicitor in
Easter Sittings, 1917, and practised in Bel
fast up to the year 1924, when he was ap
pointed Secretary of the Incorporated Law
Society of Northern Ireland.
' MR. RALPH S. NEILSON, Solicitor, has been
appointed temporarily to succeed Mr. Pollock
as Secretary of the Incorporated Law Society
of Northern Ireland.
Mr. JAMES A. GEARY has been appointed
Solicitor to the Department of Posts and
Telegraphs. Mr. Geary was admitted in
Michaelmas Sittings, 1930. He practised at
6 Clare Street, Dublin, and was subsequently
appointed Assistant Solicitor in the office
of the Chief State Solicitor. He is a member
of the Society.
JUNE EXAMINATIONS, 1943.
An Intermediate Examination will be held
on 1st June.
First and Second Examinations in Irish
will be held on 4th and 5th June.
ALL Communications connected with THE GAZETTE
(other than advertisements, should be addressed to
the Secretary of the Society, Solicitors' Buildings,
Four Courts, Dublin, N.W.8.