Pickle v. McKissick
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Lancaster county. This was an ejectment by Arthur McKissick v. Leonard Pickle, for a lot No. 81, in Georgetown, Lancaster county. The title to this lot, on 25th Oct. 1819, was in Samuel Eerguson.
Read the full summary
Error to the Common Pleas of Lancaster county. This was an ejectment by Arthur McKissick v. Leonard Pickle, for a lot No. 81, in Georgetown, Lancaster county. The title to this lot, on 25th Oct. 1819, was in Samuel Eerguson. On that day, in consideration of $100, he conveyed the same to Arthur McKissick and Robert Patterson, in trust for all those person or .persons who have or may hereafter be subscribers towards the paying the expense of erecting a school-house and meeting-house (or house of public worship), and keeping the same in repair, &e. To have and to hold the said lot of ground,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Black, C. J.
— The land in dispute was conveyed in 1819 to trustees, to be used as a school-house and place for religious meetings, and a burying-ground. The deed contained an express condition that if it should be converted to any other use, the estate should revert to the grantor. The present plaintiff is the surviving trustee, and the defendant, alleging the condition to have been broken, claims under the grantor.
The cause was here before on a state of facts very nearly similar to that which appears now, the only difference being that the evidence of…
2Cited by5 opinions
- In re Sellers M. E. ChurchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
- Beaver Township School District v. BurdickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
- Stanton v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
- Birmingham Public School District v. SharplessSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Borough of Bristol v. Bristol Borough School District, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County1963