Langdon v. Congregational Society of Plymouth
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was a bill in chancery for an injunction, and such other relief as was adapted to the nature of the case. The bill was brought by Joel Lang don, Titus D arrow, Allyn Wells, Ransom Blakesley and Miles Smith, for themselves and all other persons, who are subscribers to and interested in a certain fund belonging to the Congregational Society in the town of Plymouth.
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This was a bill in chancery for an injunction, and such other relief as was adapted to the nature of the case. The bill was brought by Joel Lang don, Titus D arrow, Allyn Wells, Ransom Blakesley and Miles Smith, for themselves and all other persons, who are subscribers to and interested in a certain fund belonging to the Congregational Society in the town of Plymouth. It stated, that in the year 1822, the plaintiffs, with a large number of other persons, all of whom were then members of said society, being anxious to promote the welfare of the same, by raising and perpetuating a fund for the…
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Ch. J.
The plaintiffs seek, by their bill, to procure the interposition of this court, to prevent the destruction of a fund for the support of the ministry in the society, which, they claim, is about to be done, by returning the money subscribed for that purpose to the subscribers and their representatives. The defendants claim, that the society have a right to return the money subscribed for this purpose, when they think it is no longer necessary or useful to the society; and also, that the facts stated in the bill do not warrant the interposition of a court of chancery.
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