The King against Jacob Woodward and Others
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 24 November 1792 |
| Date | 24 November 1792 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 101 E.R. 45
IN THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
[79] the king against jacob woodward and others. Saturday, Nov. 24th, 1792. The trustees of a Quakers' meeting-house, of which no profit is made by the pews, &c. are not rateable to the poor. [3 B. & P. 133. 14 East, 256.] The defendants, having been rated to the poor for "a meeting-house," appealed to the sessions, where the rate was confirmed, subject to the opinion of this Court on the following case: Part of a certain Society of Friends, called Quakers, constitute six meetings in London, Westminster, and Southwark, and by subscriptions and donations have raised a fund, which is applicable to the payment of the rent, building, and repairing of meeting-houses, belonging to their society. By articles of agreement, dated 1st June 1777, between Lord Salisbury and D. Barclay and others, the latter,, in consideration of a lease to be granted to them by the former, covenanted to build a Quakers' meeting-house, &c. On the first of January 1782 Lord Salisbury accordingly granted a lease of the meeting-house in question, and three adjoining houses, to Barclay and others, for 102 years, from March 1780. By a deed-poll, dated in May 1784, the lessees declared themselves merely trustees, &c.; and afterwards by indenture of assignment, dated in April 1787, assigned to other trustees in trust, and for the benefit of the Society of Friends, called Quakers, in London, &c. (comprising Westminster); and to be conveyed, assigned, and disposed of as the society should () It was stated at the Bar that the number was only 120. (6) Vide 5 Burr. 2602 ; and Sex v. Neale, post, 8 vol. 24.1. 46 PEASE V. NAYLOR 5T.R.80. direct, &c. The basement story of the meeting-house, in the rate mentioned, is divided into a number of small rooms, one of which is occupied by a person called a door-keeper, whose business it is to attend the door, when necessary, and keep the meeting-house clean; for which service he has a small yearly salary: the remaining apartments are either not occupied, or appropriated to the use of poor persons maintained by the donations of the people called Quakers. The meeting-house is solely appropriated to religious and charitable purposes. The trustees, who are the persons rated, do not receive any rent for the same; on the contrary, they are subscribers to the fund for charitable donations. None of the...
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