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UNITED STATES v. LATE CORPORATION

No. 887.

150 U.S. 145 (1893)

UNITED STATES v. THE LATE CORPORATION OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 6, 1893.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Franklin S. Richards for the motion.

Mr. Solicitor General watched the case on behalf of the United States.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

When this case was before the court on the former appeal, 136 U.S. 1, it was adjudged that Congress had the power to repeal the act of incorporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and that having done so, and the corporation having been dissolved, its property, in the absence of any other legal owner, devolved to the United States, subject to be disposed...

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