Beckwith v. McBride & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trusts. Equity. Jurisdiction. Actions. Constitutional Law. Religious Corporations. New Trial. Before Judge Clark. City Court of Atlanta. June Term, 1882. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
This was a suit at law brought to charge certain real estate in the city of Atlanta, held by the defendant in trust “ for the use of the congregation and parish of St. Luke’s Church,” with the price of certain gas fixtures and other articles, which the plaintiffs, by their amended declaration, alleged “ were furnished by the authority of the defendant, and were placed on the premises of the trust estate, and for its use, they being necessary to said trust estate, in that they afforded means of furnishing light, which was essential to the religious services, for which the estate…
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