Cape v. Plymouth Congregational Church
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Iowa county: Geobg-e Olementsoh, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to the third amended complaint, which alleges that March 22, 1848, one Jabez Wilson, then the sole owner of the premises described, made a deed thereof to Samuel Hosking, John Hosking, John Lumley, Edward Thomas, Benjamin Thomas, Thomas Jenkins, S. A. Brownell, Joseph Ward, John Todd, Joseph Vincent, James Hendy, and William…
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Iowa county: Geobg-e Olementsoh, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to the third amended complaint, which alleges that March 22, 1848, one Jabez Wilson, then the sole owner of the premises described, made a deed thereof to Samuel Hosking, John Hosking, John Lumley, Edward Thomas, Benjamin Thomas, Thomas Jenkins, S. A. Brownell, Joseph Ward, John Todd, Joseph Vincent, James Hendy, and William James, of Dodgeville, reciting: “Whereas heretofore the citizens of Dodgeville have erected a church by subscription, called…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed Eebruary 3, 1903:
Cassodat, C. J.
It appears from the complaint that in March, 1848, the owner of the lot in question conveyed the same to the twelve persons therein named, as trustees of the Dodgeville Republican Church, and to their successors in office forever, in trust for the use of said church, its subscribers, and the uses thereinbefore mentioned. Prior to that convey-*153anee a cbnrcb building bad already been erected thereon by subscription, in wbicb each subscriber beld an interest in proportion to tbe amount subscribed by bim. Tbe deed of trust expressly…
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