eBook details
- Title: Crowder v. Zion Baptist Church
- Author : Supreme Court of Connecticut
- Release Date : January 03, 1956
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
Description
In this action the complaint contained
two counts, the first alleging breach by the
defendant church of a contract employing the
plaintiff as its pastor and the second alleging
fraudulent transfer of property by it, acting
through its agents, the Individual defendants. The
jury returned a verdict for the named defendant on
the first count and for all defendants on the
second count. The plaintiff has appealed. From the finding, which cannot be altered to meet
the plaintiff's criticisms, it appears that the
plaintiff offered evidence to prove the following
facts: He is a duly ordained Baptist minister. The
defendant church is an ecclesiastical corporation
organized under the laws of this state and having
a church building for worship in the city of
Waterbury. We shall herein refer to that defendant
as the corporation. The individual defendants
are members of the building fund committee of
the church and trustees of the corporation. On
November 14, 1928, the corporation issued to
the plaintiff a call to become its pastor. He
accepted the call, came to Waterbury and
commenced his duties on the first Sunday of
December, 1928. The contract of employment
provided that the corporation would pay the
[143 Conn. 92]