Bacon v. Onset Bay Grove Ass'n

The Onset Bay Grove Association, one of the defendants, was incorporated under St. 1877, c. 98, “for the purpose of holding personal property and real estate, where a wharf, hotel and other public buildings may be erected, and building lots sold or leased for the erection of private residences or cottages, under such rules and regulations as the association may prescribe.” Its real purpose as admitted by the answer of both defendants was “to establish a place where those who were believers in the doctrine of spiritualism could congregate, and where camp meetings especially for those who were…