Key legal question
Whether the debt collection proceedings were null because they were allegedly abusive
Extracted holding
Only exceptional abuse can nullify a debt collection; here the respondent had prior legal relations with the appellants and sought to interrupt limitation, so no abuse was shown.
Extracted reasoning
Debt collection may be initiated without proving the claim. The stated purpose of interrupting limitation, in a dispute stemming from prior employment/business relations, is not obviously unrelated to enforcement.