Hodges v. Green
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit for the price of a pew. Plea, the general issue ; trial by the court, March Term, 1855, — Pierpoint, J., presiding. In August, 1852, the plaintiff Julia Hodges, was the owner of a slip in the Baptist meeting-house in Rutland. The Baptist society, about that time, resolved to repair and remodel their meetinghouse, and appointed the defendant to purchase the slips of such persons as were not members of said society.
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Assumpsit for the price of a pew. Plea, the general issue ; trial by the court, March Term, 1855, — Pierpoint, J., presiding. In August, 1852, the plaintiff Julia Hodges, was the owner of a slip in the Baptist meeting-house in Rutland. The Baptist society, about that time, resolved to repair and remodel their meetinghouse, and appointed the defendant to purchase the slips of such persons as were not members of said society. The defendant soon after called on the plaintiff Silas H. Hodges, and told him what the society had resolved to do to the meeting-house, and that he (the defendant) wished…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, at the circuit session in June, by
Isiiam, J.
We p erceive no obj eciion s to the plaintiffs’ r eco very in this case, on the ground that the defendant, in purchasing the pew, was acting as agent, under a resolution of the Baptist society, to repair and remodel their meeting-house. The defendant did not contract in the name of the society, nor have the plaintiffs any right to call on them for payment of this claim. By the express agreement of these parties, the pew was to be transferred to the defendant, and he personally agreed to pay the stipulated…
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