ZIMMERS v. ST. SEBASTIAN'S CONGREGATION


258 Wis. 496 (1951)

ZIMMERS, Executor, Respondent, vs. ST. SEBASTIAN'S CONGREGATION OF MILWAUKEE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

March 6, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Dougherty, Arnold & Waters of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Suel O. Arnold.

Arlo McKinnon of Milwaukee, for the respondent.


GEHL, J.

For more than a quarter of a century St. Vincent de Paul Society, hereinafter referred to as the "society," had been meeting on Friday evenings, on most occasions in one of the basement rooms of the defendant's church building. It was customary for the parish buildings to be locked in the evening. Under an arrangement between the congregation and the society, keys to the locks were given to two of the latter's members. It was the practice of one of the members...

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