Bouldin v. Alexander
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in a case.arising out of a controversy in an unincorporated religious society of colored persons, in Washington, calling themselves the “ Third Baptist Church.”
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Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in a case.arising out of a controversy in an unincorporated religious society of colored persons, in Washington, calling themselves the “ Third Baptist Church.” The case was thus: From about the 1st of September, 1857, a small number of colored persons were in the habit of eonsociating in prayer-meetings and other religious conferences at the house of one Albert Bouldin, a colored man from Virginia, who had been licensed to preach, and was so styled the Reverend Albert Bouldin; he being always a chief actor in the assemblages. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
It is contended that the court erroneously decided, the complainants were, at the time of the commencement of the suit, the legally constituted trustees of the church. But it is very evident that Joseph Alexander, Charles Alexander, John Middleton, and William Minor were then trustees for the church of the church property, unless they had been removed by the action of the minority on the 7th of June, 1867. They were nominated as trustees in the deed from Bouldin and wife, and they had never surrendered or renounced their trust. And we think the evidence is satisfactory, that Joseph Alexander,…
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