Farris v. St. Paul's Baptist Church
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract by the administratrix of the estate of Benjamin W. Farris against the St. Paul’s Baptist Church of Boston, an incorporated religious society, on an alleged promissory note of the defendant, signed by eight persons designated as deacons of the defendant and by two others designated respectively as treasurer and church clerk, originally for $1,465, with payments indorsed thereon amounting to $144.08, the note having been made payable to the plaintiff’s intestate in…
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Contract by the administratrix of the estate of Benjamin W. Farris against the St. Paul’s Baptist Church of Boston, an incorporated religious society, on an alleged promissory note of the defendant, signed by eight persons designated as deacons of the defendant and by two others designated respectively as treasurer and church clerk, originally for $1,465, with payments indorsed thereon amounting to $144.08, the note having been made payable to the plaintiff’s intestate in his lifetime and having been given in payment of back salary due to him as the pastor of the church. Writ dated February…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
The plaintiff’s exceptions raise a point of practice as to the allowance of the defendant’s exceptions filed on April 24,1913. The time for the allowance of these exceptions, by order of court entered within three months thereafter, was extended, St. 1911, c. 212, § 2, to October 1, 1913. Two days, before the expiration of this extension there was a hearing on the allowance of the exceptions, and leave was given orally to present an amended bill of exceptions on or before October 6, 1913, but no such bill was filed within this time.
On October 6,1913, the clerk, without special order of the…
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