Domestic & Foreign Missionary Soc. of Protestant Episcopal Church in United States v. Gaither
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maryland
This was a suit against executors to recover a legacy bequeathed thereby to complainant.
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS, District Judge.
This is a bill in equity filed by the Domestic & Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, a corporation of the slate of New York, against the executors of the will of Hannah B. Gaither, late of Baltimore (who are citizens of Maryland), to recover a legacy of $5,000 bequeathed by said will to the said corporation.
On behalf of the defendants it has been suggested that a federal court of equity, being prohibited from taking jurisdiction of a case where there is a plain, adequate, and complete remedy at law, cannot take…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church v. Smith ex rel. GuerkeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1881
- Halsey v. Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the DioceseCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1892
- Trustees of the Eutaw Place Baptist Church v. ShivelyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1887
- Mayer v. FoulkrodU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1823
- In re LookNew York Supreme Court · 1889
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