Mayer v. Temple Beth El
New York Court of Common Pleas
Action by Ferdinand Mayer against the Temple Beth El for damages for being deprived of a pew in the building owned by defendant. On demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
DALY, ,0. J.
The facts admitted by the demurrer are that the plaintiff was the owner of pew ¡No. 24 in the Temple Beth El, a religious edifice on the corner of Sixty-Third street and Lexington avenue, in the city of ¡New York, wMch pew he had purchased from the defendant corporation about October 1, 1874, for the sum of $3,050; that he continued to be such owner until the sale of the said edifice by the corporation, under leave of the court, in the year 1891; that with the moneys obtained from the sale the corporation purchased property on the corner of Fifth avenue and Seventy-Sixth street,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Voorhees v. Presbyterian ChurchNew York Supreme Court · 1853
- Heeney v. Trustees of St. Peter's ChurchNew York Court of Chancery · 1836
- Cooper v. Trustees of the First Presbyterian ChurchNew York Supreme Court · 1860