HOLY TRINITY CHURCH v. UNITED STATES

No. 143.

143 U.S. 457 (1892)

CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 29, 1892.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Seaman Miller for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury for defendant in error submitted on his brief.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error is a corporation, duly organized and incorporated as a religious society under the laws of the State of New York. E. Walpole Warren was, prior to September, 1887, an alien residing in England. In that month the plaintiff in error made a contract with him, by which he was to remove to the city of New York and enter into its service as rector and pastor...

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