Elder of First Baptist Church in Hartford v. Witherell
New York Court of Chancery
Tins was an application for an injunction. The complainants’ bill stated, in substance, that previous to October, 1813, a Baptist church or society was organized in Hartford, in fellowship with, and under the government of the regular Baptist Association of that part of the state of New-York.
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Tins was an application for an injunction. The complainants’ bill stated, in substance, that previous to October, 1813, a Baptist church or society was organized in Hartford, in fellowship with, and under the government of the regular Baptist Association of that part of the state of New-York. That on the 9 th of October, 1813, A. Norton and wife sold and conveyed to that society, by the name of The elder or minister, deacons, wardens or vestrymen, and their successors in office, of the first Baptist church in Hartford,” a lot of ground for the purpose of erecting thereon a Baptist meeting…
1Opinion of the Court
ThE CHANCELLOR.
it is evident, from the affidavit on the part of the defendants, that here are two corporations, or bodies claiming to be corporations, contending for the possession of this meeting house. If the_ only contest between these parties is as to which is the corporation legally entitled to the possession of the temporalities of the church or society originally formed in Hartford, I think the complainants have mistaken their remedy. They should have settled that right either by an action of trespass against the individuals who took possession of the pulpit, or by an action of…
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