*115.* _Minor._—Where the legal members of a society that is incorporated consist of male members of the church of full age, when minor sons become of age, they become legal members of the corporation, provided they remain in the church.(212) *116.* _Officers, Non-Members._—It has been held that a person may be an officer or member of the church corporation or its temporal concerns without being a member of the denomination.(213) *117.* _Debts, Unincorporated Parish._—In Connecticut members of an ecclesiastical society formed by voluntary association under the statutes of the State are not individually liable for the debts of such society.(214) But where there is no statute on the subject, the members of an unincorporated parish are liable for lawful debts contracted or ratified by them, and their property may be levied on for such debts incurred or judgments rendered while they are members of the society.(215) The members of an unincorporated parish may be sued to recover the salary of a deceased pastor up to the time of his death.(216) *118.* _Execution, Property._—While an execution against a territorial parish may be levied on the property of a member of the parish, it can not be levied on property of a person who ceased to be a member before the levy.(217) *119.* _Incorporated, Subscriptions._—The members of an incorporated poll parish are not individually liable on a judgment and execution against the corporation, excepting on the unpaid subscriptions.(218) *120.* _Expelled, Merits._—Mandamus can not be resorted to to restore a member regularly expelled from his church, as a court will not inquire into the merits of the case.(219) *121.* _Lay Members, Appointed._—Where the statute provides that two lay members of the corporation of a Catholic parish shall be appointed annually “by the committee of the congregation,” the members of the congregation have no right to elect said two members, and those appointed in the proper manner are lawful officers.(220) CHAPTER X. HERESY AND SECESSION *122.* _Mother Church, Control._—A majority of the members of a congregation can not by their vote leave the church and transfer the property of the congregation to another church so long as any portion of the congregation remains faithful to the mother church of which such congregation forms a part. Such minority shall retain control of the property.(221) *123.* _Seceders, Funds._—Nor can seceders from a religious denomination retain the funds in their hands as trustees on the ground that they were members of the society when the funds accrued.(222) The title to church property in a divided congregation is in that part of the congregation which is acting in harmony with its own law; and the ecclesiastical laws and principles which were accepted among them before the dispute began are the standards for determining which party is right.(223)