Orford Union Congregational Society v. West Congregational Society of Orford
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
The court found and reported the following case: In August, 1770, a church was formed in the town of Oxford, which has continued to the present time, in connection with which church the parish or society have supported religious services and worship.
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The court found and reported the following case: In August, 1770, a church was formed in the town of Oxford, which has continued to the present time, in connection with which church the parish or society have supported religious services and worship. Under the law of 1791, authorizing towns to support the ministry by direct taxation, the town of Orford supported the ministry in connection with this church; and, so far as appears, there was no other church in the town or parish until after the act of 1819, which repealed the law of 1791, and only authorized religious societies to support the…
1Opinion of the Court
Public charity — Construction of deed — Pleading. The case of the Attorney-General v. Dublin, 38 N.H. 459, was originally commenced in the name of Abbot et al. as plaintiffs. A demurrer having been filed on the ground that the attorney-general should have been made a party, the bill was amended. The same objection, if taken here, would probably have been sustained, and the attorney-general must have been made a party, either plaintiff or defendant. It is obvious that the subject-matter of this suit being a public charity, no final and conclusive settlement can be made unless the state should…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Attorney-General ex rel. Abbot v. Town of DublinSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1859
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