In re Sellers M. E. Church
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY ANN REDMAN FROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 2 OP ALLEGHENY COHNTY. No. 28 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 372 ■ October Term 1889, C. P. No. 2. On August 31,1889, the Sellers Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church of Braddock borough presented a petition to the court below, praying for a decree for the sale of certain real estate, in substance averring: That, by a deed dated April 16, 1889, Matthew Henning and Martha G., his wife, and William Redman and…
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APPEAL BY ANN REDMAN FROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 2 OP ALLEGHENY COHNTY. No. 28 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 372 ■ October Term 1889, C. P. No. 2. On August 31,1889, the Sellers Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church of Braddock borough presented a petition to the court below, praying for a decree for the sale of certain real estate, in substance averring: That, by a deed dated April 16, 1889, Matthew Henning and Martha G., his wife, and William Redman and Ann, his wife, in consideration of $50, conveyed a certain lot of ground, then situated in Wilkins township, Allegheny…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION,
Me. Justice Green:
The grantors in the deed in question, in this case, granted and conveyed their entire estate in the land to trustees for a money consideration. No condition was annexed to the conveyance. The trust was an express trust that the trustees should erect a house or place of worship for the use of the members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States, and that they should forever permit ministers and preachers belonging to said church, and duly authorized, to preach therein. The conveyance was to the trustees and their successors in office forever. The…
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