Lawley v Hooper
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 19 November 1745 |
| Date | 19 November 1745 |
| Court | High Court of Chancery |
English Reports Citation: 26 E.R. 962
HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY
See Bulwer v. Astley, 1843, 1 Ph. 435; Preston v. Neele, 1879, 12 Ch. D. 767.
Case 100.-anon. July 20, 1745. A voluntary society entered into with an intention to provide by a weekly subscription for such of the members as should become necessitous, and their widows, is in the nature only of a private charity, and not necessary the Attorney General should be a party. A bill brought by some of the members of a voluntary society against others of the same society, to settle and adjust some disputes between them as to the place where it is to be holden, and other matters. They entered first into this society in 1709, and have printed orders and rules for the government of the society; among the rest it is to be held weekly at one particular victualling house; upon the death of the master of the house, the stewards of the year went away to another house, and took the box, &c. The intention was to provide by a weekly subscription of three pence a-piece for those who should become necessitous amongst them, the lame, blind, &c., and the widows, &c. Mr...
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