Legal Opinion
Chase v. Dickey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 9, 1912PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a suit in equity, in which the plaintiffs aver that they are “the ‘Christian Science Board of Directors’ in charge of all the spiritual and temporal affairs and of the property of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., also known as the ‘Mother Church,’ an unincorporated religious society in said Boston maintaining regular religious services in its church edifice, and that their duties are similar to those of deacons *557or wardens of churches or religious societies, and that they, as such, with their successors, constitute a corporation under section 1 of chapter 37 of…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Davis v. Old Colony RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
- Teele v. Bishop of DerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Old South Society v. CrockerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Nichols v. AllenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Hallett v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Glaser v. Congregation Kehillath IsraelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Ass'n v. BeedeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Crocker v. CrockerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Weaver v. WoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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