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HARTY v. VICTORIA

No. 13.

226 U.S. 12 (1912)

MONSIGNOR HARTY v. MUNICIPALITY OF VICTORIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 11, 1912.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederic R. Coudert, with whom Mr. Henry W. Van Dyke was on the brief, for appellant and plaintiff in error.

Mr. Felix Frankfurter for appellee and defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought by the Archbishop of Manila to recover a square in the Municipality of Victoria. The church of the town and its parish house stand in this square and they are admitted to be church property, but the land not occupied by them was declared by the Supreme Court to constitute the public square or plaza of the town, devoted to public uses. The plaintiff...

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