100 N.Y.S. 837 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1906
This is an action brought by the plaintiffs, who are now acting as trustees, praying that their account be taken and that they be instructed how to dispose of the moneys remaining in their possession. Immediately after the burning of the excursion steamer General Slocum, on June 15, 1904, when over nine hundred and fifty persons, on an outing conducted by St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, lost their lives, measures of relief were organized. The Mayor of Mew York appointed a committee, which received and disbursed about $125,000. The plaintiffs were appointed at a meeting of the ministers of the Lutheran Church at large to serve as a ministers’ committee and to accept donations