Excerpt from Report of Some of the Proceedings in the Case of Oliver Earle and Others, in Equity, Against William Wood and Others, in the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Including the Opinion of the Court, as Pronounced by Hon. Lemuel Shaw, C. J., Involving Questions Brought Into Controversy, by a Separation in the Society of Friends in New England, in 1846 The Bill in this case was filed at the April Term of the Court in the year 1845, and in the following November the pleadings were completed. Commissions were subsequently issued for taking depositions and evidence was, from time to time, up to October, 1849, taken in writing, which, being printed for the use of the Court, occupied two octavo volumes (one for each party) of nearly four hundred pages each. The evidence being so voluminous, we think it altogether inexpedient to attempt its publication in this work; though it will be seen that copious references are made to it in the argu ments of the counsel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.