Arthur v. Norfield Parish Congregational Church Society
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for damages by a Congregational minister on a contract for Ms settlement as pastor, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Qurtis, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $51 on the first count, and for the defendant on the second, and appeal by the plaintiff for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the court. The facts are sufficiently stated M the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
In 1895 the Norfield Congregational Church in We ;ton became a corporation, pursuant to the Public Acts of 1893, Chap. 44, and was thus invested as such with all the rights and subjected to all the duties of an ecclesiastical society. Shortly afterwards it extended a call to the plaintiff to become its pastor, which he accepted. The terms of settlement were expressed m a writing signed by both parties. The plaintiff was to be paid $46 a month from June 1st, 1896, together with the use of the parsonage so long as he should continue to be pastor, and a “ donation ” was also to be made “…
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