Trustees of the Presbyterian Church v. Manson
Court of Appeals of Virginia
This-was an appeal from the Richmond Chancery Court, where Manson and Sturdivant filed a bill against Park-hill and others, trustees or committee for building the First -Presbyterian Church in the City of Richmond.
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This-was an appeal from the Richmond Chancery Court, where Manson and Sturdivant filed a bill against Park-hill and others, trustees or committee for building the First -Presbyterian Church in the City of Richmond. The bill states, that the plaintiffs entered into a contract with the persons above mentioned, in their character aforesaid, to erect the First Presbyterian Church in the City of Richmond; and that after the work on the main building was completed, a new contract was made between the plaintiffs and two of the same committee_or trustees, for the-construction and completion of a…
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Carr
delivered his opinion.
In this case, the appellants made a contract with the appellees, in their character of trustees for the pew-holders of the church, whereby they employed them to finish the steeple. They did so. The parties disagreed about the contract, and the appellees filed this bill. It seeks no discovery ; states no difficulty in the way of proceeding at law; nor any other reason for coming into equity, except that equity could do more complete justice, by apportioning the debt among the defendants. There could have been no difficulty from the trustees being fiduciary…
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