Skilton v. Webster
Philadelphia Court of Nisi Prius
This was a bill in equity filed by Robert Skilton and others, members of the church incorporated (on the 10th of May, 1802,) as “The Associate Congregation in the City of Philadelphia,” and known as the First Associate Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, adhering to the religious principles of the associate presbytery of Philadelphia, formerly, now the associate synod of North America, for themselves and all other members of the said church and…
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This was a bill in equity filed by Robert Skilton and others, members of the church incorporated (on the 10th of May, 1802,) as “The Associate Congregation in the City of Philadelphia,” and known as the First Associate Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, adhering to the religious principles of the associate presbytery of Philadelphia, formerly, now the associate synod of North America, for themselves and all other members of the said church and congregation, who adhere to the standards thereof; against the trustees of the said corporation, certain ruling elders…
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, J.
— This is a bill in equity filed by the complainants as members of a church incorporated by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by the name of “The Associate Congregation in the City of Philadelphia.” The complainants are members of the church, and the defend*232ants are the trustees of the corporation, certain ruling elders of the congregation, the Rev. C. Webster, claiming to be the pastor thereof, and the corporation itself. The object of the bill is, to compel the defendants, (who, it is alleged, have refused, and still refuse to do so, contrary to their duty, and the principles, rules and…
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- Means v. Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1842
- Unangst v. ShortzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840