Westminster Presbyterian Church of West Twenty-Third Street v. Trustees of Presbytery
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Trustees of Presbytery of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 27th day of September, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of tbe court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 23d day of September, 1909, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action in ejectment ■ to recover the possession of lots Nos. 208 to 214, inclusive, on West ■ Twenty-third street in the borough of Manhattan, New York, having a frontage of 100 feet on said street, commencing 100 feet westerly from Seventh avenue, and extending in depth southerly by parallel lines 118 feet and 9 inches, upon which there is and long has been a church edifice known as the Westminster Presbyterian Church of West Twenty-third Street, used for religious worship.
The plaintiff was duly incorporated on the 8th day of April, 1889, by the consolidation of the “…
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