Pittsburgh Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church v. Cyphert
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 161, Oct. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Clarion Co., Aug. T., 1917, No. 23, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Pittsburgh Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church, an unincorporated religious society, by F. W. Perkins, President, and E. J. Headley, Secretary, v. C. E. Cyphert et al. Ejectment. Before Sloan, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 161, Oct. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Clarion Co., Aug. T., 1917, No. 23, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Pittsburgh Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church, an unincorporated religious society, by F. W. Perkins, President, and E. J. Headley, Secretary, v. C. E. Cyphert et al. Ejectment. Before Sloan, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. At the trial the court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was order refusing to take off nonsuit, quoting record,
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Moschzisker,
This is an action of ejectment, brought by the Pittsburgh Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church, for the recovery of a piece of land in Limestone Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, in the possession of the defendants, who allege they represent the congregation of the Mt. Calvary Methodist Protestant Church, which, they say, is the real owner of the property sought to be recovered.
The trial court entered a nonsuit, and this appeal is •from the refusal to remove it.
Plaintiff claims that the individual church just named has “terminated, by…
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