Godfrey v. Walker
Supreme Court of Georgia
Secondary Evidence. Notice to Quit. Documentary Evidence. Landlord and Tenant. Before Judge ScilEEY. Chatham Superior Court. August, 1870. Certain members of the Methodist E. Church, South, who worshiped in Andrew Chapel, at Savannah, Georgia, joined the African Methodist Church, and claimed the church property. Being in possession, they refused to give it up to the members of the church, South, and the latter began proceedings to eject them.
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Secondary Evidence. Notice to Quit. Documentary Evidence. Landlord and Tenant. Before Judge ScilEEY. Chatham Superior Court. August, 1870. Certain members of the Methodist E. Church, South, who worshiped in Andrew Chapel, at Savannah, Georgia, joined the African Methodist Church, and claimed the church property. Being in possession, they refused to give it up to the members of the church, South, and the latter began proceedings to eject them. The notice to quit was served upon the preacher in charge of the congregation in possession, and the affidavit for a warrant was made by the chairman of…
1Opinion of the CourtLochrane, C. J.
It appears from the record in this case that on the 24th September, 1845, the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Savannah, made a deed to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, to a certain lot of land for the consideration of ...... hundred dollars in trust, upon certain conditions and for certain uses therein specified ; that such trustees were to erect and build upon the land conveyed a house of worship for the use of the colored members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, according to the rules and discipline which, from time to time, may have been…
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