Searle v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions OF tort; the first action by George Everett Searle against the Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield, who as a corporation sole under St. 1898, c. 368, held the title to certain real estate in the town of Easthampton, which was bought as a site for a church edifice, alleging the conversion by the defendant of a one story and a half wooden building alleged to be personal property and to be the property of the plaintiff, having been built for the plaintiff by one…
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Two actions OF tort; the first action by George Everett Searle against the Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield, who as a corporation sole under St. 1898, c. 368, held the title to certain real estate in the town of Easthampton, which was bought as a site for a church edifice, alleging the conversion by the defendant of a one story and a half wooden building alleged to be personal property and to be the property of the plaintiff, having been built for the plaintiff by one Charles W. Smith, with the consent of Delia A. Strong, who then was the owner of the land; and the second action by the…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The question at the trial was whether a building erected on land of the defendant in the first action, who will hereinafter be called the defendant, was personal property belonging to Searle, who will hereinafter be called the plaintiff, or was real estate owned by the defendant.
The jury might well find that there was either an express or implied agreement between Mrs. Strong, the owner of the land at the time of the erection of the building, and Smith, representing both himself and the plaintiff, that the building should be personal property belonging to Smith until it was fully paid for by…
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