The Methodist Church property case
Subtitle: report of the suit of Henry B. Bascom and others vs. George Lane and others : heard before the Hon. judges Nelson and Betts in the Circuit Court, United States, for the Southern District of New-York, May 17-29, 1851
By: by R. Sutton, special and congressional reporter
Contributors: Sutton, Richard, 1807 or 1808-1878; Lane, George, 1784-1859; Methodist Episcopal Church, South; Methodist Episcopal Church; United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit)
Publisher: Published by Lane & Scott
Published: 1851
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Methodist Episcopal Church; Church property; Trials, litigation; South Methodist Episcopal Church
Notes: A suit arising from the the split of the Methodist Episcopal Church over slavery; the complainants are the bishops of the southern church, the respondents the bishops of the northern church. Cf. Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law.

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Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law 11577