Show PLENTY OF SCOPE THE decree prepared by mr peters and submitted to and approved by the supreme court last evening in rela tion to the scope of authority given to the receiver who is empowered to take charge of church property is wide enough to suit the most demand the court has delegated to its agent an almost limitless power in the matter ot authority to enter s suits u its instead of being curtailed to the taking of action by special permission of the court the agent has a rity to strike out without let or hindrance except upon the application of parties pursued when the court may interfere to prevent the prosecution of suits clen they are improperly entered this looks somewhat one sided but one is getting accustomed to iticia matters in these days clays the scope of authority is at aa against the defensive side and IQ iia favor of the plaintiff A pound of prevention is worth a toh toa of cure cure it if the agent should improperly drep drag a person into litigation and tile the court afterwards interferes to liberate the victim the latter cannot escape damage notwithstanding the stopper p put ut upon tue receiver by the court how much fairer it would be to the enforced defendant for the reasons why he should not be pursued to be considered before the pursuer gets in part of his work idies does him damage and causes him vexation not readily repaired amore A more limited scope of au an dhority would most certainly be much more conformable to law and equity how much more consistent to prevent the making of the wound than to permit aitto it to be made and then make a plaster to cover it up but not cure care it if it were presumed med that justice would obtain it would appear to the ibe better even for the receiver to have a curb placed upon any possible impetuosity he might feel in the pursuit of property it is presumable that the ostensible hypothesis upon which the unrestricted authority given the receiver in the matter of entering suits was granted was that it would delay progress lot or him to wait tor for a session of court to obtain permission and that it would ue be inconvenient to the members of tile the bench to obviate this by hearing such malters in chambers tais flimsy barrier was swept away by col broadhead who showed that it was competent fr f r anyone any one of the members of ef the court to hear and decide as to the rightfulness of a suit auit but any inconvenience or 01 nardi hp to which an enforced defendant majot be subjected did not appear appeal to beiga heavier than a leather in the estima estimation LiOU ot 01 toe court suen an unfortunate person may have the glorious privilege ot of planting a coubler suit against the receiver at a term of court and ud enter ul uon on a f fruitless chase aft a blantom pl p antom the spirit of the constitution is to the effect that the citizen should bs ba protected agai jast the remotest probability of being subjected to vexatious legal proceedings however it does not appear appeal tuat the genius of tuat sacred guard of the of the people enters to any extent into the present controversy the handle of which Is attached to one side the third paragraph of the decree makes interesting reading to the individual who desires to get out his mental tapeline tape line to measure the held field so freely given gaven to the receiver in which to operate as unrestricted agent of the court territorially it scoops si oops in the whole of this terrestrial bill ball b ill and for aught exhibited in in the document to the contrary it might take in some of the distant planets providing it could be anat some alleged holder of churca charca corporation ty had there taken up his abode anal indefinite word describes a sorl son of limitless quantity we are living g in strange times and add subjected to peculiar conditions ilie scope given tile the receiver ag a to means and auxiliaries lianes he ie ma may deem necessary for toe accomplishment of 01 his designs are of the sauie same tremendous character as that which relates to territory tern tory there is absolu absolutely absolutes tel nore no restriction cLion or limit that provi provision Ion of the constitution which is la intended to insure the citizen a against unwarrantable seizure of his and papers seems seema to have bien been kicked under the table and covered with a wet blanket while the decree was in preparation and being approved indeed it appears that the anole instrument will have to be kept in ate abeyance ao evance yance during the apro progress ress of this unequaled aua and outrageous prosecution anich is without precedent pie in modern times or in iia any civilized amli sed nation |