Volger v. Ray
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Coetbact to recover $25. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the plaintiff, to this court, on appeal, on the following agreed facts: The defendant was, at the time the alleged cause of action accrued, a member of the New England Pigeon and Bantam Society, a voluntary association organized in Springfield and not incorporated under any general or special law of this Commonwealth.
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Coetbact to recover $25. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the plaintiff, to this court, on appeal, on the following agreed facts: The defendant was, at the time the alleged cause of action accrued, a member of the New England Pigeon and Bantam Society, a voluntary association organized in Springfield and not incorporated under any general or special law of this Commonwealth. One of the objects of this society was the holding of public exhibitions of poultry and pigeons, charging fees of admission thereto to the public. In December 1878, such a public…
1Opinion of the CourtEkdicott, J.
The only facts we have touching the character and objects of this society are, that it was a voluntary association, not incorporated under any general or special law, and that one of its objects was the holding of public exhibitions of poultry and pigeons, at which the public were admitted on the payment of admission fees. It also appears that such an exhibition was held in December 1878, under the charge of the executive committee, which was duly appointed by the society for that purpose. This committee offered certain premiums to exhibitors, and established rules for the government of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Newell v. BordenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
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