Richardson v. Freeman
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
In assumpsit by the indorsee of a promissory note signed by the defendants Freeman and Bracket, who were members and deacons of the family or society of shakers in Alfred, they offered in evidence the depositions of several persons, who were members of that family, but had released to the deacons all their right to the subject matter of this suit, and had been released by them from all liability to contribute to the loss, or to the expenses of the defence.
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In assumpsit by the indorsee of a promissory note signed by the defendants Freeman and Bracket, who were members and deacons of the family or society of shakers in Alfred, they offered in evidence the depositions of several persons, who were members of that family, but had released to the deacons all their right to the subject matter of this suit, and had been released by them from all liability to contribute to the loss, or to the expenses of the defence. The note was signed by the defendants, as the sureties of one Mary Octavia Tilton, who then boarded with the same family of shakers ; and…
1Opinion of the Court
Mellen C. J.
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The defendants are deacons of the society of shakers in the town of Alfred, in'the county of York, and the property of the society was conveyed to them and vested in them subsequently to the act of Massachusetts of 1785, ch. 51; and prior to our act of 1821. The form of conveyance is by deed to the deacons; and it was decided by this court in the case of Anderson v. Brock, 3 Greenl. 243, that the above mentioned statute extended to the society of shakers; and that the deacons of all such societies were, in virtue of it, constituted a corporation…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wells v. LaneNew York Supreme Court · 1811