Mission v. Richardson

Rosa Campbell, a colored woman residing in the District of Columbia, together with some others, had prior to the year 1912 conducted religious services on her premises known as “Lot 19 in Square 1846.” The religious work was known in the neighborhood as “Rose Campbell Mission.”

In September, 1912, she conveyed the lot for a nominal consideration to “Rose Campbell Mission of Reno, District of Columbia.” .The deed was in the usual form of deeds of conveyance in the District of Columbia and contained no recitals as to the objects or purposes of the conveyance and no provision as to the trusts…