Bass v. African Methodist Episcopal Church
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Park. Hancock superior court. October 16, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.
The African Methodist Episcopal Chnreh filed an equitable petition in the superior court of Hancock county against W. A. Bass, a citizen of that county. The allegations of the petition in substance are as follows: The plaintiff is a corporation chartered under the laws of the State of Ohio. It has been in the actual possession of a church house and the land on which the same is situated in Hancock county for more than forty years. Its possession was permissive until November 5, 1913, on which date it entered into a contract with the defendant to purchase the church house and land on which the…
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