Sohier v. Trinity Church
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill nsr equity, filed May 11, 1871, by the owners of eight pews, and the so called “ representatives ” of four tombs, in the church building of Trinity Church in the city of Boston, a religious society incorporated by the St. of 1830, e. 83, against the corporation and its senior warden and its clerk, to compel disclosures by the two latter in response to allegations concerning doings of the corporation and its predecessors, and to restrain the corporation from exercising…
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Bill nsr equity, filed May 11, 1871, by the owners of eight pews, and the so called “ representatives ” of four tombs, in the church building of Trinity Church in the city of Boston, a religious society incorporated by the St. of 1830, e. 83, against the corporation and its senior warden and its clerk, to compel disclosures by the two latter in response to allegations concerning doings of the corporation and its predecessors, and to restrain the corporation from exercising powers given by the St. of 1871, c. 221, particularly from selling a parcel of land on the east side of Summer Street in…
1Opinion of the Court
Chapman, C. J.*
Trinity Church was incorporated by the St. of 1830, c. 83, as successor of a prior unincorporated society, and held certain real estate on Summer Street in Boston, where its church edifice stood. The corporation, as well as its predecessor, was composed of the proprietors of pews, and has continued to hold its property till the present time. The titles by which it was acquired will be considered hereafter. Upon th1? application of the corporation, an act was passed by the legisla* *17turc on April 25, 1871, authorizing the corporation to sell this estate at public or private sale,…
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