Edwards v. Stonington Cemetery Ass'n
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN ERROR. This was an application, made to the county court, by the president and directors of the Stonington Cemetery Association, stating, that they were incorporated and organized under the statute ; that the Phelps burying-ground, near the borough of Stonington, and near the members of the association, contained, by the original reservation, and purchase, but one acre, which was now almost entirely occupied by the graves, mostly of the friends and relatives of the…
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IN ERROR. This was an application, made to the county court, by the president and directors of the Stonington Cemetery Association, stating, that they were incorporated and organized under the statute ; that the Phelps burying-ground, near the borough of Stonington, and near the members of the association, contained, by the original reservation, and purchase, but one acre, which was now almost entirely occupied by the graves, mostly of the friends and relatives of the members of the association ; that public necessity and convenience required a considerable enlargement of said burying-ground…
1Opinion of the Court
The first
question presented upon the rec- ord, is, whether the Stonington Cemetery Association, the party defendant in this motion in error, and the original par- ty plaintiff in the county court, was and is a legal corpora- tion. capable of bringing the original petition to the county court. The 190th
section of the Revised Statutes, p. 183. author- izes “ any individuals, in any town in this state, to associate for the purpose of procuring and establishing a burying- ground or place of sepulture ; and being so associated, they, on complying with the provisions of said section, become a body…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Trustees of Watertown v. Cowen & BaggNew York Court of Chancery · 1834
3Cited by10 opinions
- Connecticut College v. CalvertSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
- Starr Burying Ground Asso. v. North Lane Cemetery Asso.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- Crawford v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1918
- Williams v. School District No. 6Supreme Court of Vermont · 1860
- Nicolson v. DaffinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
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