 | Erastus Worthington - 1827 - 156 sayfa
...where the majority of a congregational church, separate from the majority of the parish, the membesr who remain, although a minority, constitute the church...retain the rights and property belonging thereto. The court in one word supported the council which ordained Mr. Lamson, on the ground it assumed, and... | |
 | Erastus Worthington - 1827 - 606 sayfa
...church, separate from the majority of the parish, the membesr who remain, although a minority,constitute the church in such parish, and retain the rights and property belonging thereto. The court in one word supported the council which ordained Mr. Lamson, on the ground it assumed, and... | |
 | Nathan Dane - 1829 - 982 sayfa
...separate from the majority of the parish, the members of the church who remain, though a minority of it constitute the church in such parish, and retain the rights and property belonging to it. Parker, CJ in about thirty pages, as reported, examined very fully all the first principles... | |
 | Samuel Lewis Southard, Edward Hopper - 1834 - 296 sayfa
...congregational church, separate from the majority of 194 the parish, [the parish being an incorporation], the members who remain, although a minority, constitute...retain the rights and property belonging thereto." That is, a majority of the members of the congregational church having separated from the majority... | |
 | George Edward Ellis - 1846 - 500 sayfa
...the sources of the property in contest, as derived from persons in or out of the church, referred to. The question recognized by the court was simply this...it was the establishment of a precedent which would dispose of all like cases then to be expected to present themselves in the troubles of the time between... | |
 | Alexander McKenzie - 1873 - 334 sayfa
...as the Dedham case, and was given in 1820. The principle laid down by the court was this : " Where a majority of the members of a congregational church...retain the rights and property belonging thereto." The church was regarded as holding ordinary property in trust for the benefit of the parish, while... | |
 | National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States - 1877 - 480 sayfa
...delivered by Chief Justice Isaac Parker, November, 1820. The following are its main points : — "Where the majority of the members of a Congregational church...retain the rights and property belonging thereto. " As to all civil purposes, the secession of a whole church from the parish would be an extinction... | |
 | 1889 - 438 sayfa
...the sources of the property in contest, as derived from persons in or out of the church, referred to. The question recognized by the court was simply this...it was the establishment of a precedent which would dispose of all like cases then to be expected to present themselves in the troubles of the time between... | |
 | George Edward Ellis - 1889 - 48 sayfa
...the sources of the property in contest, as derived from persons in or out of the church, referred to. The question recognized by the court was simply this...it was the establishment of a precedent which would dispose of all like cases then to be expected to present themselves in the troubles of the time between... | |
 | Hamilton Andrews Hill - 1889 - 718 sayfa
...itself. The decision of the court in the Dedham case must have been a surprise to both parties. It was as follows : " When the majority of the members...retain the rights and property belonging thereto." Whatever may be thought now of the justness of this decision, it is easy to see that in its application... | |
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When the majority of the members of a Congregational church separate from the majority of the parish, the members who remain, although a minority, constitute the church in such parish and retain the rights and property belonging thereto. 
