Rouech v. St. Jude's Church

The claim in question is based upon a written subscription agreement dated March 7, 1936. The agreement provides that “in consideration of the mutual promises and subscriptions of other persons made for said purpose” the subscriber agrees to pay $1,000 “for the purpose of erecting and maintaining its new Brother Dutton National Memorial High School by Saint Jude’s Church, a religious corporation of Beloit, Wisconsin, in a total sum not to exceed $300,000, and in proportions by it determfiied.” The agreement also provides that the church is authorized thereby to expend the subscribed sum “for…