Andrews, J. The question which first arises in this case is, whether the community of Shakers, called in their constitution “The Church of the United Society in Watervliet,” may sue and be sued in the name of the trustees of the society, as the legal or corporate designation of the collective body "of'members composing the community, upon contracts made by the trustees for the time…
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