Scovill v. McMahon
Supreme Court of Connecticut
New Haven & Fairfield Cos., Oct T., 1892. Andrews, C. J., Torrance, Fenn and T. B. Hall, Js. Suit to recover a trust fund in the hands of the defendant, a Roman Catholic bishop, being the amount paid by the city of Waterbury on an appraisal of land that had been held by the bishop as a Catholic cemetery, and which was taken by the city for a public park; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The defendant demurred to the complaint, and the court (J. M. Sail,
1Opinion of the CourtF. B. Hall, J.
The plaintiffs by this action seek to recover the whole or a part of the sum of $12,500, held by the defendant under a judgment of the Superior Court. The material facts alleged in the complaint, to which the defendant demurs, are as follows:—
The plaintiffs represent the heirs of one J. M. L. Scovill, who, in 1847, by warranty deed with the usual covenants, conveyed to William Tyler, bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Hartford, his successors and assigns, in trust for the Roman Catholics of Waterbury, a tract of land in Waterbury containing one acre. The deed contained the following…
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