Mazaika v. Krauczunas
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 361, Jan. T., 1910, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Nov. T., 1908, No. 1, on bill in equity in case of Alex. Mazaika et al. v. Andrew Krauczunas et al. Bill in equity to obtain a conveyance of property and for an injunction.
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Appeal, No. 361, Jan. T., 1910, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Nov. T., 1908, No. 1, on bill in equity in case of Alex. Mazaika et al. v. Andrew Krauczunas et al. Bill in equity to obtain a conveyance of property and for an injunction. Newcomb, J., found the facts to be as follows: 1. The property in question consists of three contiguous lots at the northwesterly intersection of North Main avenue and Theodore street, in this city, designated as eleven, twelve and thirteen according to a map or plot of lots known as “Electric City Park,” which is recorded in the proper…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
Either the deliverances of this court as reported in 221 Pa. 213, and 229 Pa. 47, with respect to the ownership of church property and congregational power in connection therewith, have been seriously misapprehended, or the present proceeding is a clear attempt to circumvent the law as we have there declared it. In the first of the cases referred to, Krauczunas v. Hoban, the effort was on the part of the ten lay members of the congregation, duly chosen trustees of the legal title to the church property, to compel a reconveyance to them of the title by Bishop…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Krauczunas v. HobanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Mazaika v. KrauczunasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
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