Perry v. McEwen

In 1854, John F. Jones and Catharine, his wife, of Columbus, Indiana, executed a conveyance of a lot, in said town, to William MoFwen and others, trustees and their successors, &c., “in trust foi’ the uses and purposes named in said deed,” which were, “ for the use of the members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States, according to the discipline, &c., of the general conference, in which church on said lot, at all times, the ministers thereof shall be permitted to preach and expound God’s holy word,” &c.

Money was subscribed, and a church building erected on the lot, costing…