Allen v. Duffie
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Clair. Assumpsit. Defendant brings error. The statute prohibiting business on Sunday applies to anything that can be done on week-days, State v. Conger 14 Ind. 396; Adams v. Himmel 2 Doug. (Mich.) 76; a Sunday contract cannot be ratified, Tucker v. Mowrey 12 Mich. 378.
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
This is an action brought upon a subscription made for the purchase of a house of worship for a religious society. Prom the evidence it appears that Levi Morrill, who was one of the trustees of the society, had constructed the building on his own land and at his own expense, expecting, but having no assurance, that the society would take it off his hands and reimburse the cost. At one of the regular services of the society, held on a Sunday in August, 1876, the officiating clergyman stated the facts to the congregation, and a proposition was made that the amount needed to purchase the…
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