People ex rel. Griffen v. Steele
New York Supreme Court
The Centenary M. E. Church, in Brooklyn, was organized in the year 1839, as a society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the United States; and under the statute its male members elected from among their number nine trustees, who became, by virtue of such statute, a corporation with power as trustees to hold property for the use of the church, and to manage its temporalities.
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The Centenary M. E. Church, in Brooklyn, was organized in the year 1839, as a society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the United States; and under the statute its male members elected from among their number nine trustees, who became, by virtue of such statute, a corporation with power as trustees to hold property for the use of the church, and to manage its temporalities. They, by contributions obtained from the members and friends of the Methodist Episcopal Church in various places, as well as from members of this society, raised funds for the purpose of erecting a house of worship,…
1Opinion of the Court
On the sixth day of March, Judge Edmonds delivered in the case the following opinion:
I have examined the question presented to me on this motion with great care; for I am not ashamed to confess that I knew very little about the matter, how far the writ of error, of itself, was a supersedeas at common law, irrespective of any statutory provision; and I have bestowed upon it all the labor that my other duties would allow—for I hold, with Lord Mansfield : “ never to give a judicial opinion upon any point, unless I think I am master of every material argument and authority relative to it. It is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Bentley v. Commissioners of Highways of HndsonNew York Supreme Court · 1831
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- People v. MooreNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1961