Legal Opinion
First Congregational Society v. City of Bridgeport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 19, 1923PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
The trial court adjudged the title to the land conveyed in trust to the local Presbyterian Congregational Consociated Church and Society, known as the Stratfield Society and which later became the First Congregational Society of Bridgeport, to be in The United Congregational Society as trustee for the use and benefit of its members and all of those members of the First Congregational Society associated with it for the maintenance and support of the exercises of religion in the City of Bridgeport. No appeal has been taken from this portion of the decree. It further adjudged that the relief…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- MacKenzie v. Trustees of the PresbyterySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1905
- Lackland v. WalkerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- Woodruff v. MarshSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Coit v. ComstockSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1884
- Bridgeport Public Library & Reading Room v. Burroughs HomeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Mitchell v. ReevesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
- Duncan v. HigginsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- City National Bank v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
- Newton v. Healy, Attorney GeneralSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
- Healy v. Loomis InstituteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
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