Huntington v. Ripley
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Eeeob to reverse a judgment of the County Court in an action brought by the plaintiff - against said committee; declaring, that he was a sober dissenter from the established church in the first society in "Windham, and belonged to a society of congregationalists in said society; that he attended public worship there, and contributed his proportion towards its support; and procured and lodged a certificate with the clerk of said first society, more than three years since, of…
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Eeeob to reverse a judgment of the County Court in an action brought by the plaintiff - against said committee; declaring, that he was a sober dissenter from the established church in the first society in "Windham, and belonged to a society of congregationalists in said society; that he attended public worship there, and contributed his proportion towards its support; and procured and lodged a certificate with the clerk of said first society, more than three years since, of his thus having dissented: Which certificate was accepted in legal society’s meeting on the 27th of November A. D. 1786;…
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment of this court — That there is nothing erroneous in the judgment complained of. The vote of said society in A. D. 1764, was a sufficient authority to> the committee to make the rate. The issue is a material issue, and the jury have found it substantially in favor of the defendants; every reasonable construction is to be made in support of a verdict. Adopting this rule the supposed repugnancy will vanish and the verdict will read thus; the jury find that there is no such separate church or society existing, etc. to which he has adhered, and hath contributed his proportion, etc. ' Which…
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