Baker v. Nachtrieb
Supreme Court of the United States
' This was an' appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States. for the western district of Pennsylvania, sitting as á court pf equity. . It was a' bill filed hy Eachtrieb, under the circumstances mentioned in the opinion of the court. The Circuit Court,-alter having referred the case to ¿ master to. state an'account, decreed that the trustees should pay to Eachtrieb the sum of $8,890; from Which decree the trustees appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
The appellee, who describes himself as a member, in the common and joint-stock association for mutual benefit and advantage, and for .the' mutual acquisition and enjoyment of property, called the “Harmony Society,” filed a bill in the Circuit Court against the appellants, as the trustees and managers! of its’ business and estate. The object of the bill is to obtain for the plaintiff a decree for an account of the share to which-he is entitled in the property,of the society, or compensation for his labor and service during the time he was a member.
In ,1819 he became associated with George Rapp…
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