Burt v. . Oneida Community
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered upon an order made November 17, 1891, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon the report of a referee.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered upon an order made November 17, 1891, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon the report of a referee. This was an action in equity brought by plaintiff, a member of the Oneida Community, an unincorporated association, against the Oneida Community (Limited), a domestic corporation, and certain individuals alleged to be members of said Oneida Community. The relief sought was that an alleged expulsion of plaintiff from said Oneida Community be adjudged void, and that he…
1Opinion of the CourtMaynard, J.
The plaintiff’s grievance consists of the demal by the defendants of certain rights, which, he claims, he was entitled to as a member of the Oneida Community, an unincorporated association, first formed at Oneida in this state in the year 1848. His father was one of its founders, and the plaintiff, who was then four years of age, became provisionally a member of the community during his minority. Upon attaining his majority he formally assented to its article of covenant, and remained in its communion until the year 1880, when the controversy arose between him and his associates, which…
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