Gibson v. Armstrong
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Error to the Mason Circuit. Chancery. Case 127. Case stated. The complaint in the bill of Armstrong, of expulsion from the Church at Maysville, and claiming the exclusive use of the same for the ‘Methodist Episcopal Church in the U. Stales,’ in-virtue of thedeedi and as trustee.
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Error to the Mason Circuit. Chancery. Case 127. Case stated. The complaint in the bill of Armstrong, of expulsion from the Church at Maysville, and claiming the exclusive use of the same for the ‘Methodist Episcopal Church in the U. Stales,’ in-virtue of thedeedi and as trustee. The defence'of the- remaining trustees and'oilier? to the claims of complainant, denying their exclusive right as claimed, or any right to the use of the Church building, and claiming the exclusive right for their organization under a recommendation and act of the General Conference of the' M. E. Church in the U.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Makshall
This record presents a contest between two portions of the former congregation of members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Maysville, each claiming, as a distinctly organized society or congregation, the exclusive use and control, for the purposes of worship, of the Methodist Meeting House or Church building, and the lot on which it is situated, in the city of Maysville. The opposing claims of the two parties, were brought into immediate conflict, by appointments made and published, under different authorities, for preaching and Divine worship, at the same hour of the same day, and in the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Curd v. WallaceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1838
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