Petition #20985222
- Baltimore City, Maryland. February 16, 1852. - May 13, 1852.
- Court: Superior
- Salutation: To the Hon: Wm Frick: Judge of the Superior Court of the City of Baltimore
Abstract
The petitioners are members and trustees of the Colored Peoples First Baptist Church in the City of Baltimore, incorporated in 1837. They state that the church owned a building where "they have been for years in the habit of worshipping." Now they charge that the defendants "fraudulently & contrary to Law" sold the building to Benjamin Brown, preventing them from worshipping there and "enjoying their religious & legal rights & privileges." The petitioners ask the court to subpoena the defendants and to enjoin them "from using, occupying, or entering" the church. They ask the court to restore the building to "the purpose for which [it] was originally dedicated, that is to say, for the worship of God."
Result: Granted; dissolved; appealed.
- Number of petition pages: 4
- Related documents: Order and Summons, John Carey, Thomas Jones, Samuel Johnson, et al., 16 February 1852; Injunction, 25 February 1852; Bond, Moses Clayton, Josiah Coates, George Maden, et al., 25 February 1852; Amended Bill, Moses Clayton, Josiah Coates, George Maden, et al., 17 March 1852; Order and Summons, John Carey, Thomas Jones, Samuel Johnson, et al., 17 March 1852; Answer, John Carey, Thomas Jones, Samuel Johnson, et al., 18 March 1852; Order, 19 March 1852; Amended Injunction, 17 March 1852; Copy of Order, 19 March 1852; Copy of Docket Entries, 15 March 1850; Writ of Fieri Facias, 23 June 1851; Indenture, Trustees of the Colored People's First Baptist Church to Benjamin Brown, 8 November 1851; Plaintiffs' Motion, 24 March 1852; Answer, Benjamin Brown, 5 April 1852; Notices, 30 March 1852; Copy of Order, 24 March 1852; Defendants' Objection, 3 April 1852; Order, 3 April 1852; Plaintiffs' Objection, 7 April, 1852; Order, 7 April 1852; Notice, 1 April 1852; Depositions, J. W. M. Williams, George F. Adams, Isaiah Anderson, John Wye, William E. Beale, John Maden, Bass Rich, Cornelius Cary, Daniel Thompson, 2 April 1852; Defendants' Objections, 10 April 1852; Motion, 5 April 1852; Order, 5 April 1852; Additional Bond, Moses Clayton, Josiah Coates, George Maden, et al., 5 April 1852; Copy of Order, 7 April 1852; Incorporation, The Colored People's First Baptist Church in the City of Baltimore, 20 March 1837; Motion to Dissolve Injunction, 20 April 1852; Appeal Bond, Moses Clayton, Josiah Coates, George Maden, et al., 24 April 1852; Appeal, Moses Clayton, Josiah Coates, George Maden, et al., 22 April 1852; Agreement, 13 May 1852
- Pages of related documents: 87
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Citation information
Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
- Records of the Baltimore County Court, Chancery Papers
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