McGinnis v. Watson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Common Pleas of Butler county. This was a proceeding in equity on a bill filed in the Common Pleas, to June Term 1860, No. 1, by James J. McGinnis, Charles Pollock, and John Wilson, trustees and members of the United Congregation of the Associate Church, against Robert Watson, William Moore, and Joseph Sloan, trustees of the United Presbyterian Congregation of Unity Church.
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Appeal from the Common Pleas of Butler county. This was a proceeding in equity on a bill filed in the Common Pleas, to June Term 1860, No. 1, by James J. McGinnis, Charles Pollock, and John Wilson, trustees and members of the United Congregation of the Associate Church, against Robert Watson, William Moore, and Joseph Sloan, trustees of the United Presbyterian Congregation of Unity Church. The following are the material facts of the case, as contained in the bill and answer filed by the parties:— Unity Congregation, Venango township, Butler county, was organized in the year 1800, the Rev.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Lowrie, C. J.
About 1803, the Unity Congregation, belonging to the Associate or Seceder Church of North America, purchased a lot of ground in Yenango township, Butler county, and erected a meeting-house upon it, and there continued to worship God in *14unity until 1858. Then the Seceder Synod of North America, by a very large majority, and after many years’ consideration, formed a union with the Associate Reformed Synod; and a majority of the Unity Congregation, and the Shenango Presbytery, to which it belongs, have approved of the union thus formed. A…
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