Everett v. Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Bill for injunction. Heard on bill and answers and order to show cause.
1Opinion of the Court
Pitney, V. C.
This is, in substance and effect, a suit to recover possession of land, viz., a parsonage-house or manse, and lot.
The defendant, Howard T. Widdemer, is in possession by the permission and as the tenant of the defendant corporation, the Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Asbury Park, which holds the legal title to the same.
The ostensible ground for coming into a court of equity for relief is that the legal title is in the defendant corporation, and that it is guilty of a breach of trust in permitting the defendant Widdemer to remain in the possession of the premises; and…
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