Trustees of Troy Conference Academy v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit. The suit was commenced before a justice of the peace, and came to the county court upon appeal. Plea, general issue, and trial by the court, September term, 1851, of the county court, — Pierpoint, J., presiding.
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Assumpsit. The suit was commenced before a justice of the peace, and came to the county court upon appeal. Plea, general issue, and trial by the court, September term, 1851, of the county court, — Pierpoint, J., presiding. On trial, the plaintiffs gave hi evidence a subscription paper, in these words: “We the subscribers agree to pay the sums hereunto “ by us subscribed, to the trustees of the Troy Conference Acade- “ my or their order, for the purpose of enabling them to pay the “ debts of said Academy, as follows, viz : one-half by the first of “June, 1844, and the remaining half in one…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Isi-iahJ J.
This action is brought to recover the amount of a subscription made by the defendant to enable the Troy Academy to pay off its debts. The existence of the plaintiffs as a corporation, as set forth in their declaration is not disputed, and no suggestions are made by the defendant that his subscription was obtained by unjust or improper means, or that the trustees of that Institution do not design in good faith, to appropriate the money to the purposes and objects for which it was givens
The only matter of defense to which our attention has…
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