Legal Opinion · Dissent

Hale v. Everett

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided December 15, 1868Published

In Equity. The bill is as follows: Samuel Hale and Augustus Rollins, of Rollinsford, in said county ; John W. Kingman, of Durham, in said county; Nathaniel R. Hill, of South Newmarket, in the county of Rockingham; Benjamin Barnes, and eleven others, of Dover, in said county, members of “The First Unitarian Society of Christians in Dover” aforesaid, and owners of pews in the meeting-house of said society in said Dover, complain against Olías.

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In Equity. The bill is as follows: Samuel Hale and Augustus Rollins, of Rollinsford, in said county ; John W. Kingman, of Durham, in said county; Nathaniel R. Hill, of South Newmarket, in the county of Rockingham; Benjamin Barnes, and eleven others, of Dover, in said county, members of “The First Unitarian Society of Christians in Dover” aforesaid, and owners of pews in the meeting-house of said society in said Dover, complain against Olías. E. Everett and fifty-two others, all of said Dover, claiming to be members of the said First Unitarian Society of Christians in Dover; and as members of…

1DissentDoe, J.

The plaintiffs and the defendants, except Rev. Francis E. Abbott, arc members of an incorporated parish. Mr. Abbott has never been a member, but was pastor of the corporation from August, 1864, to the spring of 1868, at which time two parties arose in the corporation, one party desiring and the other party opposing the employment of Mr. Abbott for another year. After various meetings and votes, the contest terminated in the triumph of the former party, April 27th, 1868, by the election of the wardens who were the candidates of that party, that election being the final test vote. The…

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  1. Boyd's Lessee v. GravesSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. United States v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1805
  3. The Town of Pawlet v. D. CLARK & OTHERSSupreme Court of the United States · 1815
  4. Ex parte BurrU.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · 1823
  5. Greenwood v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810

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