Legal Opinion

Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church v. Jaques

New York Court of Chancery

Decided November 12, 1817PublishedCited by 42 opinions

THIS cause was brought to a bearing, on the pleadings and proofs, in June, 1815, (Vide S. C., wol. 1. p. 5. and p. 450.) The decree of the court, the 27th of June, 1815, settled the principles on which an account was to be taken between the parties, and an order of reference was, thereupon, made to a master, to take and state the account according to the directions there given.

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THIS cause was brought to a bearing, on the pleadings and proofs, in June, 1815, (Vide S. C., wol. 1. p. 5. and p. 450.) The decree of the court, the 27th of June, 1815, settled the principles on which an account was to be taken between the parties, and an order of reference was, thereupon, made to a master, to take and state the account according to the directions there given. It being subsequently discovered that some of the property advertised for sale, under the decree, had been mortgaged, further directions were given to the master, by an order dated the ,5th of October, 1815. In…

1Opinion of the Court

it is not thought necessary, or useful, to state the report and evidence at large, nor to note the decision of the court on those exceptions which related merely to matters of facts. The material facts, as well as the nature of the other exceptions, and the points decided, will sufficiently appear from the following opinion delivered by the court.

Second exception. That the master charged the defendant with the rent of the premises adjoining Broadway and Crosby street, from the 1st of November, 1810, to the 1st of May, 1812, being 615 dollars, with interest, without allowing,the defendant to…

2Cited by42 opinions

  1. Story v. LivingstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
  2. Lancaster v. DolanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1829
  3. Cooke v. HusbandsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1857
  4. Wylly v. S. Z. Collins & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1851
  5. Short v. BattleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875

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