Unangst v. Shortz
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. This was a' writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County to remove the record of an action of trespass quare clausum fregit brought by Joseph Unangst and Christian Brown against Abraham. Shortz, Jacob Herman and eleven others! The plaintiffs were the trustees, and the defendants members of a religious society called “ The German Lutheran Congregation of the Dry Lands.”
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IN ERROR. This was a' writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County to remove the record of an action of trespass quare clausum fregit brought by Joseph Unangst and Christian Brown against Abraham. Shortz, Jacob Herman and eleven others! The plaintiffs were the trustees, and the defendants members of a religious society called “ The German Lutheran Congregation of the Dry Lands.” In the year 1788, an agreement’was 'entered into between this congregation and another called “ The German Reformed Congregation of the Dry Landsin which, after reciting that they had together-…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
The questions that present themselves on this record for determination, independently of the bills of exception, may be reduced to two. 1st. Whether the defendants have shown a right to break and .enter the church, which is the trespass complained of. 2d. Whether, if they havé not, the plaintiffs can maintain this action.
1. To determine the rights of persons claiming as members of either of the congregations by whom this church was originally erected and endowed, there is no other guide than the articles of agreement of the 5th of June,…
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