Rector v. Crawford
The Superior Court of New York City
Exceptions directed to be heard,-in the first instance, at the general term. The plaintiffs, a religious corporation created under the laws of this state, sued the defendant to recover the sum of $524. The complaint alleged that in April, 1859, the defendant was elected treasurer of the Church of the Redeemer, and accepted the office, and continued to act as such treasurer until April, 1860. That during the time he so acted as treasurer he received, among other moneys, the…
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Exceptions directed to be heard,-in the first instance, at the general term. The plaintiffs, a religious corporation created under the laws of this state, sued the defendant to recover the sum of $524. The complaint alleged that in April, 1859, the defendant was elected treasurer of the Church of the Redeemer, and accepted the office, and continued to act as such treasurer until April, 1860. That during the time he so acted as treasurer he received, among other moneys, the sum of $524, donated and collected for the Sunday school of said church, and belonging to the plaintiffs, which sum was…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Monell, J.
The printed circular, which I think was very properly put in evidence, designated the object of the enterprise to be the erection of a parish school house, including a small free chapel for missionary services. The subscriptions and donations which were made, and paid to the defendant, were made in pursuance of such circular, and the sole question to be determined was, to whom such subscriptions and donations belonged.
It seems to have been' assumed by the plaintiffs that, because the defendant was the treasurer of the plaintiffs’ religious corporation, he was the…
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