Street v. Pitts

FOSTER, Justice.

This is a bill in equity, seeking a declaratory judgment fixing- the rights of the parties growing out of a deed of trust.

The deed was executed in 1871 naming four persons as grantees, and stating that they compose the “Session of the Presbyterian Church of Selma and their successors in office forever.” It further .recites that the property is conveyed to ■them “in trust for the uses and benefit of a white congregation of the Presbyterian Church having their ecclesiastical connection with the Presbytery of South Alabama or such other Presbytery as they may join or be connected…