Alexander v. Slavens
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from the Mercer Circuit. Chancery. Case 97. Case stated, The first decree of the Circuit Court. The objectof this bill. The’law of alienation of-estates.
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Appeal from the Mercer Circuit. Chancery. Case 97. Case stated, The first decree of the Circuit Court. The objectof this bill. The’law of alienation of-estates. A subscription was raised to build a house of public worship in Harrodsburg, and the fund committed to the management of certain trustees, purchase ground and build a house to be used by the Methodist Episcopal Church halfthe sabbaths in the month, the remaining Sabbaths by other denominations ; the same trustees were authorized to sell the house after a title was acquired, to another denomination, & vest the fund in another house lor…
1Opinion of the Court
Jvdue¿Simpson
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Several years since, sundry subscribers promised to pay to Joel P. Williams and four other individuals, the sums of money annexed to their names, for the purpose of purchasing a lot of ground in the town of Harrods-burg, and erecting thereon a suitable building for religious worship. They constituted and appointed Williams and the other four individuals to actas trustees, authorizing them to make such disposition of the amount subscribed, as would best tend to accomplish this object. The house when built was to be subject to the following…
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