Vielie v. Osgood
New York Supreme Court
This was an action upon a note given by the defendants to the trustees of the First Baptist Church of Glen’s Falls or bearer, for $50, payable in four equal instalments, &c. and was dated November 1, 1845. It was given for the purchase money of a slip in the Baptist- meeting house at Glen’s Falls.
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This was an action upon a note given by the defendants to the trustees of the First Baptist Church of Glen’s Falls or bearer, for $50, payable in four equal instalments, &c. and was dated November 1, 1845. It was given for the purchase money of a slip in the Baptist- meeting house at Glen’s Falls. The entire agreement for the sale of the slip, including the names or signatures of the trustees, at the end of the agreement, was printed, except the name of the defendant John Osgood, and the figures 21, which were written, in blanks left in the body of the agreement. By the agreement the trustees…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Paige, P. J.
The proceedings to incorporate the Baptist church and society under the act to incorporate religious societies, were regular. The act of April 16, 1844, confirmed and validated the acknowledgment of the certificate of incorporation, which was taken before a justice of the peace. The society was regularly incorporated when the first trustees were elected, and a certificate of their election was duly made and signed by the officers who presided at the election. The *132incorporation of the society did not depend on the proof, or acknowledgment and recording of such…
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