St. George's Church Society v. Branch
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. (1) Aside from the organization of the church society, Joseph W. Branch had in 1879, or prior thereto, given and donated to the parish the amount of money contributed by him toward the building of the parish church.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. (1) Aside from the organization of the church society, Joseph W. Branch had in 1879, or prior thereto, given and donated to the parish the amount of money contributed by him toward the building of the parish church. A gift of money to repair or to build a church is a gift to charitable uses within the meaning of the statute of charitable uses (43 Eliz. ch. 4), and also at common law independently of that statute. Dwight’s Charity Cases; Magill v. Brown, Brightley’s Rep., p. 346, note; Chambers v. St. Louis, 29 Mo. 543. (2)…
1Opinion of the CourtBukgess, J.
On the twenty-first of February, 1890, Davis R. Boogher obtained judgment against Joseph W. Branch for $4,500, for a claim that accrued July 1, 1880, which he assigned to John P. Boogher and W. C. Marshall. On April 15,1891, execution was issued on said judgment, and levied on two hundred and sixty-two and twenty-eight one hundredths shares of the stock of St. George’s Church Society, belonging lsto and standing upon the books in . the name of Joseph W. Branch. On the sixth of June, 1891, the rector, wardens, and vestrymen of St. George’s Protestant Episcopal Church, brought a suit for an…
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