Tarbell & Whitham v. Gifford
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit, under P. S. 1534, to enforce the liability of members of an -unincorporated society on a judgment against it. Pleá, tbe general issue. Trial by jury at the December Term, 1907, Windsor County, Powers, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
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Assumpsit, under P. S. 1534, to enforce the liability of members of an -unincorporated society on a judgment against it. Pleá, tbe general issue. Trial by jury at the December Term, 1907, Windsor County, Powers, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case. See Benedict v. Union Agricultural Society, 74 Yt. 91. Defendants are bound as members by the purchase and acceptance of the membership ticket. .In Upton v. Tribilcock, 91 U. S. 45-50, the Court by Mr. Justice Hunt says: ‘ ‘ That the defendant did not read the charter and…
1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.
This is an action under what is now section 1534 of the Public Statutes to enforce an alleged liability of two of the defendants, Albert Waterman and Fayette Rogers, as members of the Union Agricultural Society an unincorporated association. The evidence tended to show that in 1897 the above named society became liable to one Benedict for damages caused by its negligence and that in November or December, 1898, the society employed the plaintiffs as attorneys to defend it in a suit brought by said Benedict.
The evidence further tended to show that on June 20, 1904, the plaintiffs recovered…
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