Beck v. Dech
Beck v. Dech
Opinion of the Court
The findings of fact which cover twenty-five pages of the record, may in so far as they are material in considering the question raised by the appeal be stated in as many lines. Two unincorporated religious associations became the owners for their joint use of a tract of land on which a church was erected. They adopted rules for the management of the joint property which provided for the election by each annually of trustees and that “Should it become
The conclusion of law by the court was that the possession and management of the joint property of the corporations was by their charters and agreement vested in the trustees, who were the directors of the corporations, and that a committee appointed at a meeting of members of the congregations was without authority to erect a building. An injunction was accordingly issued. This finding is so manifestly correct, that discussion of it is needless.
The decree is affirmed at the cost of the appellant.
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- Church law — Joint ownership of property by two congregations— Trusts and trustees — Corporations. Where the possession and management of the joint property of two religious corporations are by their charters and agreement vested in trustees, who are the directors of the corporations, a committee appointed at a meeting of the members of the two congregations has no authority to erect a building on the joint property in opposition to the will of the trustees.