Trustees of the Third Presbyterian Congregation v. Andruss
Supreme Court of New Jersey
This action was brought in the Essex County Circuit against the defendant as the assignee of Hugh McDougall for certain arrears of rent and assessments on a pew in the house of worship of the plaintiffs.
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This action was brought in the Essex County Circuit against the defendant as the assignee of Hugh McDougall for certain arrears of rent and assessments on a pew in the house of worship of the plaintiffs. The declaration states, that on the first day of January, 1825, the plaintiffs were, and ever since have been seised in their demesne as of fee, and possessed of a certain church or house for public worship, situate in Newark • that said church was, during that time, divided into pews for the accommodation of persons attending public worship therein ; that these pews were respectively…
1Opinion of the CourtGreen, C. J.
This action was commenced in the Circuit Court of the county of Essex, to recover certain arrears of rent and assessments on a pew in the Third Presbyterian Church of Newark. Upon the trial the plaintiffs recovered less than one hundred dollars. The only point submitted for the opinion of this court by the case certified, is, whether the plaintiff' is entitled to costs.
The pew in question was by deed, dated the 1st day of January 1825, conveyed from the plaintiffs to one Hugh McDougall. Ths title of McDougall was subsequently vested by a regular chain of conveyance in the defendant. By the…
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- Bates v. SparrellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813