Hardin v. Trustees of the Second Baptist Church of the City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne. (Jennison, J.) Case. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
The preliminary objection to the maintenance of this action is so unmistakably fatal that there can be no occasion or excuse for considering any other.
The plaintiff, who, previous to February 2, 1881, was a member in good standing of the Second Baptist Church of Detroit, brings suit against the defendant to recover damages for having been on that day unwarrantably and with•out trial upon charges 'expelled from membership. The *138suit is against tbe corporate body known in law as “ The Trustees of the Second Baptist Church of Detroit,” and which was organized by voluntary association under…
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- Sohier v. Trinity ChurchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
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- Petty v. . TookerNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
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