Hundley v. Collins
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison. Heard before the 1-Ion. E. B. Almon. The appellant, Orville M. Hundley, filed his petition addressed to the judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, in which he averred that the “Christian Church of Huntsville, Alabama, was a corporation created and organized under the laws of Alabama in the year 1888;” that the petitioner was one of the oiiginal members who were asociated together under the organization and incorporation of said church…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison. Heard before the 1-Ion. E. B. Almon. The appellant, Orville M. Hundley, filed his petition addressed to the judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, in which he averred that the “Christian Church of Huntsville, Alabama, was a corporation created and organized under the laws of Alabama in the year 1888;” that the petitioner was one of the oiiginal members who were asociated together under the organization and incorporation of said church and has since continued a member thereof observing all its usages, keeping the faith and rules thereof; that at the…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
1. The sections of the Code under 'vhich the “Christian Church of Huntsville” AAras incorporated, provide, “That members of any church or religious society * * desiring to be incorporated, shall elect not less than three, nor more than nine trustees,” § 1302 (1694) ; that “Such trustees shall, within thirty days after their election, file in the office of the judge of probate of the county in Avhich the corporation is to exercise its functions, a certificate stating the corporate name selected, the names of the trustees, and the length of time for AA'hich they Avere elected, which certificate…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Williams v. PearsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1862
- Petty v. . TookerNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
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- Burke v. RoperSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
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3Cited by37 opinions
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