Earle v. Wood
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This case was argued at Boston, in January, 1852, and is stated in the opinion of the court, so far as is material to the understanding of the points of law decided.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, C. J.
The ease which this court are now called upon to decide, affecting the rights and interests, and depending on the rules and usages, of the large and respectable denomination of Christians, known as Quakers, is regarded by the parties and their respective friends and adherents, as one of great importance to the well-being of the society. This importance does not so much depend on the amount of property involved in this particular case, as upon the principles on which it must be decided, and the extent to which these may affect the rights of others interested in the same questions.
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