Cooper v. Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church

This is a motion for an injunction, by six pew-holders in a church, to restrain the trustees from removing their pews and erecting slips or other structures in their place.

This motion must be determined on the papers before me, which show that the paper title to the premises on which the church edifice is situated still remains in the original patentees of the township. The lot, previous to and until 1825, had been used as a public burying ground; and, as was held in Hunter v. Trustees of Sandy Hill, (6 Hill, 407,) was dedicated to public use. In that year, one Gibson erected the *224church…