The People v. . Tuthill
New York Court of Appeals
This is an action of quo warranto, brought to try the title of the defendants to the office of trustees of the “ Religious Society of Cutchogue, in Southold.”
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This is an action of quo warranto, brought to try the title of the defendants to the office of trustees of the “ Religious Society of Cutchogue, in Southold.” The complaint alleged that on the 7th day of March, 1801, the religious society of Cutchogue, in Southold, county of Suffolk, and State of New York, was duly incorporated, in pursuance of the act' entitled “ An act to enable all religious denominations in this State to appoint trustees, who shall he a body corporate for the purpose of taking care of the temporalities of their respective congregations, and for other purposes therein…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
By the seventh section of the act for the incorporation of religious societies, it is provided, that no person shall be entitled to vote at any election held by any society incorporated under the act, after the first election, “ until he shall have been a stated attendant on divine worship in the said congregation or society, at least one year before such election, and shall have contributed to the support of said church, congregation or society, according to the usages and customs thereof.” Two things, it will be seen, must concur to qualify a person to become a voter at any such election;…
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