Legal Opinion

Gasely v. Separatists' Society of Zoar

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1862PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal. — Reserved in the district court of Tuscarawas county. The original petition filed in the court of common pleas of Tuscarawas county by John Gasely anfi Anna Maria Gasely, his wife, states that said Anna Maria, in 1817, being then unmarried, migrated from Germany to Zoar, in Tuscara-was county, and was there associated with an unincorporated society called “ The Separatists’ Society of Zoar,” and that ' she, in 1824, being single and of full age, signed the articles…

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Appeal. — Reserved in the district court of Tuscarawas county. The original petition filed in the court of common pleas of Tuscarawas county by John Gasely anfi Anna Maria Gasely, his wife, states that said Anna Maria, in 1817, being then unmarried, migrated from Germany to Zoar, in Tuscara-was county, and was there associated with an unincorporated society called “ The Separatists’ Society of Zoar,” and that ' she, in 1824, being single and of full age, signed the articles of association of that year. That she married the said John in 1880, and in May, 1838, in conjunction with her husband,…

1Opinion of the CourtPeok, J.

The original complainant, Anna Maria Gasely, claiming to be a member of an unincorporated religious society, called “The Separatists’ Society of Zoar,” and a joint and equal owner with her associates, of a large real and personal estate belonging to the association, in the county of Tus-carawas and elsewhere, sought in this action, to have an account of all its real and personal estate, and an assignment to her in severalty of her interest therein; and this *151right, since her decease, pending the litigation, is re-asserted by her heirs and personal representatives, who are now parties to the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Gass v. WilhiteCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1834
  2. Goesele v. BimelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1853
  3. Baker v. NachtriebSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
  4. Schriber v. RappSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1836
  5. Goesele v. BimelerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Ohio · 1851

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Chamberlain v. Hutterische Bruder GemeindeSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1922
  2. Order of St. Benedict v. SteinhauserU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota · 1910
  3. Benziger v. SteinhauserU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1907
  4. Van Houten v. PineNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1882

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