Case Name: Kingsbury v. Selectmen of Tolland; in which Town is but one Ecclesiastical Society
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1793
Citations: 1 Root 533
Docket Number: 
Parties: Kingsbury v. Selectmen of Tolland; in which Town is but one Ecclesiastical Society.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 533–534

Head Matter:
Kingsbury v. Selectmen of Tolland; in which Town is but one Ecclesiastical Society.
A society have right to tax the inhabitants for building a steeple to their meeting-house by a major vote.
ActioN for taxing him illegally towards building a steeple to tbe meeting-house, whereby bis ox was distrained, etc. Plea — Not guilty. Issue to the jury.
Tbe facts were agreed, and tbe grounds upon wbicb tbe plaintiff claimed to recover, were in tbe first place — Tbat tbe building of a steeple to a meeting-bouse was not a matter for wbicb a society, by law, bad right to tax its inhabitants-. 2d. If it bad, tbe law required it should be by two-thirds of tbe voters; and tbat tbe vote in this case was by a majority only.
Verdict for tbe defendants.

Opinion:
By the Court.
Tbe building of a steeple toi tbe meetinghouse is a matter for wbicb an ecclesiastical society bath right to tax its inhabitants by a major vote; and tbe law does not require two-thirds of tbe voters to give it validity.