Court Opinion

ID: 9856325
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 06:44:57.604039+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:38:34.782483
License: Public Domain

BaRnhill, J.,
concurring in result: It is admitted that tbe plaintiffs are at present trustees of Mt. Olivet A.M.E. Zion Oburcb. As sucb tbey are vested with tbe title to tbe cburcb property. Tbe jury found as a fact that tbey, as trustees, are not indebted to tbe defendant in any amount. So wbat boots it whether those who signed tbe alleged mortgage were then trustees or mere interlopers, or whether tbe mortgage, when executed, was void ab initio or a valid lien upon tbe church property, or whether tbe judge complied with tbe statute in finding tbe facts on tbe issue submitted to him ?
So soon as tbe jury rendered its verdict, wbat tbe judge might or might not do in respect to tbe issue submitted to him became wholly immaterial.
Tbe jury bas found that plaintiffs are not indebted to defendant in any amount. Tbe paper writing is still of record, uncanceled. It constitutes a cloud on tbe title of plaintiffs. As there is no valid exception directed to tbe jury trial on tbe issue of debt, tbe plaintiffs are entitled to a judgment decreeing its cancellation. A decree to this effect was entered. I therefore concur in tbe conclusion that no error is made to appear.