United Presbyterian Church's Petition

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania January 7, 1895

United Presbyterian Church's Petition, 166 Pa. 43 (Pa. 1895)

30 A. 1012; 1895 Pa. LEXIS 1151

Dean, Fell, Green, McCollum, Mitchell, Sterrétt, Williams

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

An examination of this record discloses no error in tbe decree or in the proceedings leading up thereto. Appellant’s deed of January 31, 1870, to Oliver Shannon and others, “trustees of the United Presbyterian Church of Fleming Station,” etc., “in trust for said church, and for the sole use and behoof of the congregation,” etc., contains no condition or provision that gives him any special standing to object to the decree. Neither of the specifications of error is sustained.

Decree affirmed and the appeal dismissed with costs to be paid by appellant.

Reference

Full Case Name: United Presbyterian Church's Petition. Wm. Teuteberg's Appeal
Cited By: 1 case
Status: Published
Syllabus: Trusts and trustees—Sale of church property—Deed. An owner of land executed a deed for a lot of land to himself and certain others as trustees of a church, “ their successors in office and assigns as trustees aforesaid; to have and to hold the said described lot of ground in trust for said church and for the sole use and behoof of the congregation organized for the purpose of building on said lot and worshipping in said building.” Subsequently, upon the incorporation of the church, the successors of the trustees other than the original owner executed a deed of the lot to the corporation. It did not appear that at the date of this deed the original owner was a trustee. Held, that the original owner had no standing to object to a sale of the lot by the church.