Mady v. Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Polish Church
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract against the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Polish Church, a religious corporation conducting worship in the city of Fall River, for $1,500 alleged to be due to the plaintiff for services as priest and for disbursements. Writ dated March 17, 1914. In the Superior Court the case was tried before White, J. The evidence is described in the opinion.
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Contract against the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Polish Church, a religious corporation conducting worship in the city of Fall River, for $1,500 alleged to be due to the plaintiff for services as priest and for disbursements. Writ dated March 17, 1914. In the Superior Court the case was tried before White, J. The evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence the defendant, among other requests, asked the judge to make the following rulings: “6. That after the plaintiff knew the defendant would not pay him, no implied promise to pay could exist. “7. The plaintiff must…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action of contract to recover for services alleged to have been rendered as priest of the defendant’s church in Fall River from September, 1911, to February 3, 1914. The plaintiff admits that he was paid in full for his services to June 1, 1912.
The auditor finds that when the plaintiff began to render services in September, 1911, “he made no claim for compensation as salary, but asked the parish to supply him with a church and an altar and his keep.” The auditor also finds that later a committee of the parish called upon him and it was arranged that he should receive $50 a month…
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