Congregation of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis of Pointe Coupée v. Martin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the District Court of Pointe Coupée, Nicholls, J. The petitioners, a corporation established by law, under the title of “ The congregation of the Roman Catholic Church of Pointe Coupée,” represent: • that in the beginning of 1834, the Reverend Jean Martin was appointed curate of the parish of Pointe Coupée, by the Roman Catholic bishop of New Orleans: that at a meeting of the church-wardens, who were the administrators of the affairs of the corporation, it was…
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Appeal from the District Court of Pointe Coupée, Nicholls, J. The petitioners, a corporation established by law, under the title of “ The congregation of the Roman Catholic Church of Pointe Coupée,” represent: • that in the beginning of 1834, the Reverend Jean Martin was appointed curate of the parish of Pointe Coupée, by the Roman Catholic bishop of New Orleans: that at a meeting of the church-wardens, who were the administrators of the affairs of the corporation, it was resolved, on the 1st July, 1834, to allow the defendant an annual salary of $1000 a year, commencing from 1st April, 1834,…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The plaintiffs are appellants from a judgment by which the defendant has recovered, in reconvention, the sum of $6734 76, for his services as curate of the parish of Pointe Coupée, and for certain expenditures made by him for the church. By a resolution of the church-wardens of the 1st of July, 1834, a yearly salary of $1000 was allowed to the defendant for his services, with a stipulation that he should not receive any part of the sums paid for burials and funeral services, and that he should attend the church on the Mississippi, and that on False River, saying mass two Sundays, at least, in…
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