Harlem Church of Seventh Day Adventists v. Greater New York Corp. of Seventh Day Adventists

This is an action for specific performance of an alleged agreement made about the year 1915 between the parties. The plaintiff prays that , certain church premises situated at Nos. 144-146 West One Hundred and Thirty-first street be impressed with a trust and a lien and that the defendants be enjoined from interfering with the plaintiff’s possession. The answer denies the creation of any trust and raises a question as to the identity of the plaintiff.

During the summer of 1910 one James K. Humphrey, an ordained minister of defendant denomination, was active in organizing colored persons for…