Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Troy Masonic Hall Ass'n v. Byrne
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1925PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Staley, J.:
The relator is a corporation created by chapter 41 of the Laws of 1871. It is the owner of three parcels of real estate in the city of Troy, N. Y.
On parcel No. 1, a Masonic temple was erected about the year 1871, and the same was used by the several Masonic bodies of Troy, except two stores on the ground floor, which were rented for business purposes, and the rents received therefrom applied toward the maintenance of the property and for the purposes of the Masonic order, until February 4,1924, when the structures thereon were destroyed by fire.
Parcel No. 2 was purchased by the…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- People ex rel. Masonic Hall Ass'n v. WhiteNew York Supreme Court · 1926
- People ex rel. Trustees of Masonic Hall v. FarrellNew York Supreme Court · 1927