The Lawyer And Credit Man PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...watch over his collections, whether he sends them direct to the local attorneys or employs a collection agency to do so for him. In considering the rival claims of differing systems presented to ns for consideration in any walk of life, whatever, we generally find that an advantage possessed by one is counterbalanced by something else in the case of the other. It is so in the ways of making collections. The advocates of direct forwarding claim that while it sometimes may involve more expense of time and money, the results are better, and the added expenditure thus more than justified. This would appear to be a sound argument, because it is based upon weakness of human nature. If every man did his duty to the utmost, under any circumstances, then the claims sent out by the collection agencies for which the collecting attorney receives only his proportion of the ten per cent fee, would receive exactly the same attention at his hands as those sent direct by the client, on which he receives the entire fee. We make no imputation of dereliction of duty against the members From an Attorney in Tennessee; "While not a. large amount of commercial business comes to this place, yet you people control your share of the same. I have been weeding out some, but I am glad to-represent you and shall at all times, when opportunity presents itself, speak a. good word for the ADJUSTER and for the lawyers whose names are found therein." of the legal profession; but we are free to confess that so far as our experience with lawyers extends they prefer one hundred and fifty dollar fees to one hundred dollar fees, all other things being equal. In the case of two claims, therefore, one sent by a collection agency and one direct by the client, ...