BROWN v. INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCH OF WOBURN


325 Mass. 645 (1950)

91 N.E.2d 922

J. WINN BROWN vs. INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCH OF WOBURN & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 14, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Newhall, for the appellants, residuary legatees of Sarah Converse.

H.M. Leen, for the trustee under the will of one of the heirs at law of Mrs. Converse.

Present: QUA, C.J., RONAN, WILKINS, & COUNIHAN, JJ.


QUA, C.J.

The object of this suit in equity, originally brought in this court, is to determine the ownership of a parcel of land in Woburn and the persons entitled to share in the proceeds of its sale by a receiver.

Sarah Converse died seised of the land on July 19, 1849, leaving a will in which she specifically devised it "to the Independent Baptist Church of Woburn, to be holden and enjoyed by them so long as they shall maintain and promulgate their present...

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