App v. Lutheran Congregation
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Court of Common Pleas of Union county. July 9. This was an action on the case, for money had and received, brought by “the vestry of the United Lutheran and German Reformed Congregations of Selinsgrove,” for the use of the Lutheran Congregation at Selinsgrove, against Leonard App, the plaintiff in error, and defendant below.
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In error from the Court of Common Pleas of Union county. July 9. This was an action on the case, for money had and received, brought by “the vestry of the United Lutheran and German Reformed Congregations of Selinsgrove,” for the use of the Lutheran Congregation at Selinsgrove, against Leonard App, the plaintiff in error, and defendant below. It appeared that, in 1802, the Lutheran and German Reformed congregations in the town of Selinsgrove, erected, at their joint expense, a church building, to be held and occupied by them in common. Each of the denominations had their respective minister.…
1Opinion of the CourtBurnside, J.
The course of decisions has been uniform, that the intention of the testator must govern the construction of all wills. The intention is to be collected from the words of the will. The true mind of the téstator is to govern: 3 Yeates, 190. Frederick Hawyer was a worshipper and member of the old Lutheran and German Reformed congregation of Selinsgrove. The church had been erected , in 1802, at their joint expense, and was held and occupied in common. On the 15th of May, 1815, Frederick Hawyer made and executed his last will and testament, and made the following bequest: “ I give, devise, and…
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