Donnelly v. St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church

This suit is brought on a promissory note for $800 dated tenth of August, 1872, payable six months after date to James McCloskey or order, with eight per cent, interest from date, being drawn by the senior warden and junior warden of the church, and purports to have been given “ for material and labor furnished in the erection of said church.” The plaintiff alleges that he is the owner and holder of this note, under the indorsement of the. payee. He prays judgment for the amount of the note with recognition of the builder’s privilege on the church building and the lots of ground upon which it…