The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-11-28
For 1.-THE UNION"
ONE OF THEM.

Rhymes and jingles have made
To while away the time,
AS some to drown their cares and griefs
Hide misery in wine.
Now and then verse in rhyme,
Ii modestly kept quiet,
Will ventlate the authors brain,
And others, no worse by it.
But when the unhedged poets muse
By chance suggests dtty,
10 the Maryland Journal the things consigned
As something or witty.
We know "The summer days are past"
To other lands and skies;
That winters frosty breath we feel,
And SO do frogs and flies.
Now, Mr.. Ruby, do be kind,
And treat your readers civil
When next the "season verse" arrives
Consign it to the-"devil."
For all your good advice-our thanks;
That is when timely given;
And now to you a merry life,
Then rest serene in heaven. INCoGNITo.
Decision Against TowSontown M. e.
Church.-The Court of Appeals of Maryland,
on Saturday last, finally disposed of the Towson-
town M. E. Church case, which has been fought
over so many times, always resulting in favor of
INC cuuTcn untll S lasI TRIAL IN the CrCulC COuTI
here, when Judge Fowler's decision was adverse
to the church and in favor of the former trustees
who are the claimants against the church proper
ty. The congregation carried the case to the
Court of Appeals and the ruling of the lower
Court having been sustained, it is probable that
the church property will have to be sold in order
to satisfy the claims against it.
The ruling of the Court of Appeals is that the
ease of William M. Isaacs and others VS.. d. Hop
per Emory ct al, appeal from the Baltimore
County Circuit Court in equity, is dismissed
The case, briefly stated, is as follows: The ap-
pellants as trustees of the Towsontown Station Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church claim that they
are holders of the legal title and the real owners
of lot of ground with improvements upon it
consisting of q church building, on which there
was lien to satisfy certain claims due the COM
plainant and others, which the court held to be
equitable. The lot in question had been conveyed
by deed from Mary Ann Shealey for 81 900 to five
persons Gin trust that the said premises shall be
used, maintained and disposed of as a place of
divine worship for the use of the ministry and
membership of the Methodist Episcopal Church
in the United States of America, subject to the
discipline, usage and ministerial appointments of
said church, as from time to time authorized and
declared by the General Conference of said church
and the annual conference in whose bounds said
premises situate" 1t was afterwards sought
to have the property conveyed by deed to the
"trustees of the Towsontown Station of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church" the compliments in this
case the validity of which transaction is the sub
ject of discussion. The Court of Appeals, through
Judge Miller, says, in deciding the case against
the church trustees, that no doubt the purpose of
the parties who engaged in the commendable
work of purchasing this lot and erecting church
thereon was to have the title held by the grantees
temporarily, until corporation could be formed
under the law capable of legally taking and hold
ing the property, and that then these grantees
should convey the same to such corporation.-
"But," says the court, "the attempt unfortunately
failed, and we are constrained to hold that under
the original deed to these grantees the appellants
have such interest, legal or equitable, in the
property as would entitle them to intervene in
this litigation and appeal from the decree which
the court below has passed"