Mills v. Davison
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Oil appeal from an order of the chancellor striking out the cross-bill of the defendant, Alfred Mills. Opinion reported in Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. v. Grace Church, 8 Dick. Ch. Rep. J/L8.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Depite, J.
The rector, wardens and vestrymen of Grace Church, in Westfield, were incorporated as a religious society by a certificate filed November 20th, 1862, pursuant to the act to incorporate religious societies. Rev. p. 962 § 27. During the years 1874 and 1875, the corporation erected a church building on a lot of land in Westfield, owned by Alfred Mills and Catherine, his wife. The building was erected and used for the purpose of public worship and teaching, in accordance with the usages, rites and ceremonies of the Protestant Episcopal Church in…
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