Thomas Hinds Lodge No. 58 v. Presbyterian Church
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Jefferson county. Hon. J. S. Hicks, Chancellor. Suit by the Presbyterial Church of Fayette against the Thomas Hinds Lodge No. 58 F. & A. M. in which defendant filed a cross-bill. From a decree granting relief to both parties, both parties appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
In the town of Fayette, Miss., there is situated a two-story brick building which has been used jointly by appellant, Thomas Hinds Lodge No. 58, F. & A. M., and appellee, the Presbyterian Church of Fayette, Miss., since its erection in 1854, the upper story as a lodge room by appellant, and the lower story as a place of worship by appellee. In 1909 a controversy over the ownership and the right to-the use of the lower story of this building having arisen, this litigation was inaugurated by appellant instituting in the circuit court an action of ejectment against the church, which suit was…
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