| OCR Text |
Show SUITS FOR REJJ, ESTATE, "f Altrstd Chn?Ih Properly. barZr, "i,D"rnf10 Tithing Office property m thb city, la.nz. ncttheaimunds-TuckS. In the ulU.IB-Jasji,,(fcIa0 Houseand Chjrch Farrespectlve, ocfif'tf "V taTV-pectlb m., .!"e'Ule ""nation t, made that It Is eapPWn Torfel! fro for tf,e reason that It U a par-aage,aud par-aage,aud lurespe-ct to the Church ? . ! Tetor nnder thr lievlsed Judical n.'! C" fcrltatttal Juditl-UDUtrictef Ctth T.rrltory. thefrfitm,tt,C-oJ IIIB S foraerly held aud'pwued by U,e 2,hr",' Church jf J Chrl'tol latter-day Saint. -Answerandchim. u eue iiouoraUe Chas. S. Zauc. Jr"rJs.C,,orT",Ie P'rt C-ourt In and uUTerriItoJua,C,a, U'kt0f iiT1? a'"ff " and cliini of WHlism John B Winder, intervenldg fori their interrsu. to thu luformatloa filed by A. H. OarlanJ, Attorney General of the United htatt. anil nf5.1 ??!; AUomer of the United Ctate3 for the Territory ef, htfF Wi deseibtd' nsaid Information wbleii was filed b court (No. 7503). on the eth Jar of October, 1S"S; show-, atl.-ge asfollowr rolr"t"TUal "" aM the owner or t be property mentioned Iu said libel of Information and hercliiafter tlr-cribed, and have the legal title Uiereto, astrutei-fotlhe voluutary religious association kuotrn as tha Chureh of Jesus Christ ot Jitter-uay Jitter-uay fciInU, in trut for rcllglousand eharltable fuqioses, and thai, at the time or its selure, thej wereiu ist,lonofMld property, which Is described as follows, to-w Iu Part or lots Uirrc tt) and fourfrU In block elghty-tJijiii (31, B, the same are platteu" and ddslgcntud on lIat A, Salt Lake City survey, County of Salt Iake, Utah Territory, Terri-tory, and bounded as follows: Com menclng at n paint four (-il rod- noHh -Of the soutwet corner of said lot four (4) running thence north sixteen (lb) rodr; thuueo ea-t twenty (Ji') rods, thence south twelve and one lialf (12'j) rode, thence west foutte-eji (M) rods; thence VouUi three atrl one half (It) rids; thutittt west slx roJ; to the place or beginning, aud being a part of what is known as the Tithing Office and groundr. All the south half (1) or lots five (5) and six 16) lu bloek Ught) eight (SS) as the same are plaUcd and designated In j lat A, bait Lake City Suryej. Iu the County of Salt Lake, Utah lerritory; said tract contain-lug contain-lug two huudred square rods of land, more or less, and being a part of what is knjwn as the ritlilng Ofilrfl Ami rfiiln.lo Second That the Church of Jesus Christ of Iattcrday Saints Is an assachtlon for religious and char'-tab'e char'-tab'e uses and purposes, aud has the right to own and hold such l.roir. ty, through Trustees, to be used for such purposes. Third ThcsetWruatils deny that they ever held said property, or an) part thereof, In violation of the 1 revisions re-visions of the third ectlon orihe act of Congrc-w of July 1st, 1S82, re ferrcd to iu said Information, or thai the same, or any pnrt thereof, was ever acquired or held In violation if any law of the United States or that It ever was or is In excess of the amount or nal etae which said Church of JesiH Christ of Latter-day salnbi.es a corporation or otherwise, was by law entitled to hold. Deuj thatailoranlofthe leal eslate dc scribed lntaildlnfurniatldii ever U-cameorwas U-cameorwas sulject'to be forfeited or cseheated to the United StaU-. bj virtue of the provisions of raid act of Congress, or otiierw ise, or that since tbilisnluJon or the corwra-tion corwra-tion of said Church there has been uo Irgal claimant or ownerofaid real eute exrepl the United btates. Fourtli These claimants aver that, at the tin e of the enactment r raid act of Congress of Jul) lt, Ib.S. and I ug prior thereto, the alj (.'lurch tir Jesus Christ of LittcrHiaj- Saints, as a vo'untary. association, field and owned the above described naiei-deand naiei-deand h-ul a ii-ted right to awl Intrret in Uiusaiu-, nnd that ever luce lias had and still has such vested right to on J intcrot In said proprty. Fi'th Tntse rlaimauts aver that all paciTdlnHst'j forfeit or escheat saiu iroperlj,or any part thenwf, are barred by seetion l'M7ofthe Re- i'edrbiauitus of tho Uuited bt-tes Jnl Oiat' the alleged cmisc rfXfrr IHtor mi 1 1 oaed in said infonua-Uou infonua-Uou did not accrue within 11 vu years before, tliu com nieiicernetit of thte proceed! ngsau J the filing of tliirin-formation. tliirin-formation. Wherefore the said cbimanti di n j that the said property, or any rart tliercof, brforfi.IIel and (-fJn-aljel to the Uuited blal-s In manner nud form as in sal J libel or iiifotrnatKin alleged, orothcrwhe. WM. Ii. PKtdlXJ). Bought T. Hibto, John It. Wimiik, Claimants. F.S RiciiArrs, I-rGitA"ti( Yot-.tii Altormj-s forsaU cbilmaut. Sjtwcribed and sworn to befdre me this inth day of October, 1-91 JavisJack, Xotarj Put lit. The following pleading has tn filed iu each of tlie thn-o case.. In tho Dj,trlct Court fortlicThlrd JuJlcid District or Utah Territory. 11 the mitter of proceedings fTr tlie fotfelturc of certain real estate, tormerjy held anl owned by tlie corporation of the Church of Jesus Chrislof Latter-day halnts. Kxcej Uou. To the Honorable Charles & Zane, Judge of tho District Court InanJforthe Third Judicial 1) -trictof Utah Territorj. Tlie exceptions of William IJ Preston, Rob-rt T: BurtorTaui! John It. Winder, defendants to the libel of Information of the United States in the alove entitled cue. allege First ThatUie court has nojuri diction to he-ir aud determine the -natters and things contained in said information -in manner and form as the same in therein alleged; al-leged; deirtud That said Infirnittlon and Uie matters anl things Unrein alleged are not sufficient in law to authorize this court to reti ler a judgment of forfeiture th the United btates o( tho propertj therein de scribed. F. S Richards LlGkand Yonr.u, Attorneys for sal J claimants. |
