Bristol Baptist Church v. Connecticut Baptist Convention
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to determine the alleged right of the plaintiffs to sell and dispose of their church premises and use the avails in the purchase of.other real estate to be devoted to the same purpose, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Maltbie, J., upon a demurrer to the amended complaint; the court overruled the demurrer and made its decree in favor of the plaintiffs, and the defendant Ellen F. Brockett appealed.
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Suit to determine the alleged right of the plaintiffs to sell and dispose of their church premises and use the avails in the purchase of.other real estate to be devoted to the same purpose, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Maltbie, J., upon a demurrer to the amended complaint; the court overruled the demurrer and made its decree in favor of the plaintiffs, and the defendant Ellen F. Brockett appealed. Error in form of decree; judgment to be rendered in accordance with this opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
The complaint sets up these facts: On May 26th, 1879, Asahel Brockett conveyed to the Baptist Society and the Baptist Church connected with the Society and located in Bristol, certain premises by a deed which is made a part of the complaint, which recites a conveyance to the Baptist Society of certain land “for the purpose of a site for a Meeting-house and Parsonage and Horse-sheds for the use of said Society and Church”; and in the habendum it is provided “that when a House of Worship is erected on said land, stated services shall be held in said House and the Doctrine Preached and taught as…
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