North Ecclesiastical Society v. Matson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, upon the following instrument:— “We the undersigned promise to pay to the Treasurer of the North Ecclesiastical Society in Hartford the sums annexed to our respective names (within thirty days after notification by the building committee that may hereafter be appointed by said society that payment of the same is required,) for the purpose of purchasing the lot or lots on the corner of Asylum and High streets, in…
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Assumpsit, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, upon the following instrument:— “We the undersigned promise to pay to the Treasurer of the North Ecclesiastical Society in Hartford the sums annexed to our respective names (within thirty days after notification by the building committee that may hereafter be appointed by said society that payment of the same is required,) for the purpose of purchasing the lot or lots on the corner of Asylum and High streets, in said Hartford, belonging to Austin-Dunham, and erecting a church edifice and lecture room tlireon. Provided, that a sum…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The questions reserved by the Superior Court for our advice will be considered in their order.
1. “ What is the legal effect of the conditions annexed to the subscriptions of Messrs. Ives and Dunham, and has the condition in the contract upon which it was to become operative been complied with, so as to render the defendant liable to pay his subscription ?”
The substance of this question is, as we understand it, shall the subscriptions of Messrs. Dunham and Ives be considered as subscriptions to the paper signed by the defendant, and the sums subscribed by them estimated as a part of the sixty…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Trustees of Berkeley Divinity School v. JarvisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1865
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