Pulpress v. African Methodist Episcopal Church
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Common. Pleas of Allegheny county. In Equity. This was an appeal by Benjamin Pulpress and others, from the decree of the court below, dismissing a bill in equity, filed by them against the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Pittsburgh et al.
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Appeal from the Common. Pleas of Allegheny county. In Equity. This was an appeal by Benjamin Pulpress and others, from the decree of the court below, dismissing a bill in equity, filed by them against the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Pittsburgh et al. The bill was filed September 29th 1862, by Benjamin Pulpress, H. B. Williamson, and others, in their own right, and as trustees of the Mission Church; Abraham Cole, minister in charge of the same; John Williams, John Newman, and others in their own right, and as trustees of the John Wesley Church; Lewis Wood-son, Adam Watkins, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Strong, J.
— The complainants are coloured people residents of the cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, and they have filed this bill in their own right, and as ministers or trustees of three congregations of coloured people worshipping in those two cities. The defendants are the corporation minister and trustees of another church of coloured persons in the city of Pittsburgh. The objects of the bill are to obtain a decree dismissing the defendants from a trust which they hold under a deed from the Reverend Charles Avery, to compel an account, and the…
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