Rydzewski v. Vestry of Grace & St. Peter's Church
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit- Court of Baltimore City (Frank, J.). Bill by the Vestry of Grace and St, Peter’s Church, a body corporate, and the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Maryland, a body corporate, against Wladyslaw Rvdzewski and Wladyslawa Rydzewski, his wife, for specific performance. From a decree for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
In January, 1873, George N.‘Eaton and Susan B. Eaton, his wife, in consideration of the sum of $4,000, conveyed to the Vestry of the Church of the Epiphany of Baltimore City, a body corporate, in fee simple, a lot or parcel of land at the corner of Pratt and Chester Streets in Baltimore City, which belonged to the said Susan B. Eaton. The vestry of said church undertook to build a church on said lot, but were unable to complete it, and on the 17th day of April, 1876, said corporation, in consideration of the sum of $3,270 and “other good considerations,” sold and conveyed the- property to the…
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