Christian Union v. Yount
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This suit was brought by Yount and others against the American and Foreign Christian Union to set aside a conveyance of certain lots or parcels of land in the State of Illinois, alleged to be of the value of $10,000, which was executed, May 19, 1870, by Stephen Griffith, a citizen of that State, to the Christian Union, a corporation created in the year 1861 under the laws of New York, providing for the incorporation of .benevolent, charitable, scientific, and missionary societies in the latter State.
A decree was rendered against the corporation, and it appealed here.
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