Methodist Church v. Remington
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL from the circuit court of Alleghany county. This was an action of ejectment in the name of The Methodist Church of the city of Pittsburgh, against Stephen Remington, Charles Avery, Thomas Robinson, Charles Craig, Patrick Leonard, John Phillips, Edward Moore, Andrew Applegate, John Bissell, Robert White and George Brown, for parts of lots Nos. 469 and 470, in the city of Pittsburgh, and also for an acre of land in the Northern Liberties of Pittsburgh.
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APPEAL from the circuit court of Alleghany county. This was an action of ejectment in the name of The Methodist Church of the city of Pittsburgh, against Stephen Remington, Charles Avery, Thomas Robinson, Charles Craig, Patrick Leonard, John Phillips, Edward Moore, Andrew Applegate, John Bissell, Robert White and George Brown, for parts of lots Nos. 469 and 470, in the city of Pittsburgh, and also for an acre of land in the Northern Liberties of Pittsburgh. The cause originated in the late divisions in the Methodist Episcopal church, and was tried before Mr Justice Rogers, who in order to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Gibson, C. J.
Before the spirit of discord and separation, which seems at present to possess the elements of all things, had manifested itself in the Methodist society, there was but one congregation of that denomination in Pittsburgh. In process of time the building, in which its exercises were performed, was found to be too small for its accommodation; in consequence of which the principal subject of this action was purchased, and a church built on it by the Methodist brethren and individuals belonging to other denominations. ' The grant was in the…
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