Jones v. Renshaw
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY PLAINTIFFS FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 232 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 68 June Term 1886, C. P. No. 1. On March 26, 1886, a summons was served in an action of ejectment brought by Richard Jones, William Jones and Benjamin Jones against John A. Renshaw, David Robinson and the Presbytery of Pittsburgh of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, to recover a lot of ground in Pittsburgh.
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APPEAL BY PLAINTIFFS FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 232 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 68 June Term 1886, C. P. No. 1. On March 26, 1886, a summons was served in an action of ejectment brought by Richard Jones, William Jones and Benjamin Jones against John A. Renshaw, David Robinson and the Presbytery of Pittsburgh of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, to recover a lot of ground in Pittsburgh. The plaintiff filed an abstract of title, showing title in James Jones and thence to the plaintiffs, as his heirs-at-law. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Curiam:
The plaintiffs in this ejectment have no title, and cannot recover under any circumstances. The premises in dispute were devised by James Jones to “the Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of the Northern Liberties of Pittsburgh, commonly called the Fourth Presbyterian Church,” for a charitable or religious use. The said church has ceased to exist as a religious organization, but, before its dissolution, conveyed the premises in dispute to trustees appointed by the presbytery to receive the same. We are not called upon to decide upon the regularity of this transaction. It is…
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