Legal Opinion
Independent Congregational Society v. Davenport
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided January 27, 1978PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODFREY, Justice.
The present site of the Unitarian Church structure and parsonage at the corner of Union and Main Streets in Bangor is comprised of what were at one time three contiguous parcels of land. Appellant Society derives its title to the site as follows:
To Parcel I from a deed in 1827, made by Isaac Davenport, containing the following language:
“Provided, however, that if said subscribers shall not proceed to erect a church thereon within one year and also provided that the aforegranted premises shall cease to be used occupied and improved by said Society as a place of the public…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- C COMPANY v. City of WestbrookSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1970
- Hasman v. Elk Grove Union High SchoolCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1926
- J. M. Carey & Brother v. City of CasperWyoming Supreme Court · 1950
- Board of Com'rs of Oklahoma County v. RussellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1949
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