Huntington v. Ramsden
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, to recover the value of certain pew rights. Trial before Sawyer, J., at the January term, 1914, of the superior court, resulting in the following findings and rulings: The defendants are the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Society of Newmarket, having succeeded to the trusteeship held in 1871 by John M. Towle and others, and to the title acquired by the latter to certain real estate in Newmarket.
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Assumpsit, to recover the value of certain pew rights. Trial before Sawyer, J., at the January term, 1914, of the superior court, resulting in the following findings and rulings: The defendants are the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Society of Newmarket, having succeeded to the trusteeship held in 1871 by John M. Towle and others, and to the title acquired by the latter to certain real estate in Newmarket. Upon this tract, the trustees of 1871 erected an edifice for the society’s use as a meeting-house. Owing to the financial condition of the society at that time, it was deemed necessary…
1Opinion of the CourtPeaslee, J.
This case. presents questions touching the rights of pewholders in the Methodist Episcopal Church. It appears that it had become impracticable for the society of that denomination in Newmarket to longer attempt to maintain services in its own church edifice. Provision had been made for services elsewhere, and after the church had stood unoccupied for five years it was sold by the society. Thereupon two pewholders brought suit to recover the value of their pewholding rights.
Subject to exception, several witnesses testified, in effect, that, according to the usage or custom of the Methodist…
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