Little v. Bailey

Citations

• 87 Ill. 239

Syllabus

<p>1. Contract—whether creating individual or. corporate liability. A promissory note reciting that “the trustees of” a certain church, “as such trustees, promise to pay,” etc., and signed by five persons, with the words, “ as trustee,” etc., after each name, shows clearly an undertaking by the corporate body, and there is no individual liability thereby created.</p> <p>2. Religious society—contracts of, how made. The trustees of a religious society, incorporated under the Revised Statutes of 1845, are the corporate body, and they alone can act for and bind the society by the assumed name. The trustees should sign their names as trustees of the church, giving the name adopted.</p>