McKissick v. Pickle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Lancaster county. This was an action of ejectment by Arthur McKissick vs. Leonard Pickle, for a lot of ground.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Lancaster county. This was an action of ejectment by Arthur McKissick vs. Leonard Pickle, for a lot of ground. Summons issued March 22, 1850. On the 25th of October 1819, Samuel Eergüson and wife conveyed by deed a lot of ground in Georgetown to Arthur McKissick and Robert Patterson, in trust, and as trustees “for all those person or persons who has or may hereafter be subscribers towards the paying the expense, of erecting a school-house and meetinghouse (or house of public worship) and keeping the same in repair, (on the following described lot of ground,) and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered May 21, by
Rogers, J.
As this presents the case of a condition in fact, and not a condition in law, it must be conceded that the property conveyed to the trustees, though for a charitable use, may be forfeited by misuser. The condition is, that if at any time hereafter the above described property, or any part of it, should be converted unto any other use than for the use of a school-house for the education of youths, and a meeting-house for promulgating the gospel, and also a burying-ground, and such other improvements as may be advantageous and of use to…
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