Isaac v. Emory
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, in Equity. The bill in this case was filed by D. Hopper Emory in his own behalf, as also in behalf of other holders of certain mortgage notes secured by a mortgage made to two trustees by “ The Trustees of Towsontown Station of the Methodist Episcopal Church,” claiming to act as a body corporate, who should come in and contribute to the expenses of the suit.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, in Equity. The bill in this case was filed by D. Hopper Emory in his own behalf, as also in behalf of other holders of certain mortgage notes secured by a mortgage made to two trustees by “ The Trustees of Towsontown Station of the Methodist Episcopal Church,” claiming to act as a body corporate, who should come in and contribute to the expenses of the suit. In a previous proceeding it was declared that said corporation, owing to informalities in the proceedings under which it was attempted to be incorporated, had no legal existence. This…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The motion to dismiss this appeal must prevail.
The decree appealed from provides for the sale of the lot of ground in controversy with the improvements upon it, consisting of a church building, in order to pay certain claims of the complainant and others, which the Court below held to be an equitable lien thereon. The appellants, seven in number, calling themselves the “Trustees of the Towsontown Station of the Methodist Episcopal Church,” were not made parties to the bill, but came in by petition, after the testimony had been taken but before the case was heard, praying to be made parties…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church v. Smith ex rel. GuerkeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1881
- Boyce v. Trustees of the Towsontown Station of the M. E. ChurchCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1877
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