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Subject_ Church—Joint Property—Interdict.— Headnote: A piece of ground having been feued for the purpose of a chapel, for behoof of the Gaelic population of a town—Bill of suspension and interdict, at the instance of certain of the proprietors, passed to try the question, whether a portion of the ground could be appropriated to the purpose of erecting a parochial school for a district of the town assigned by the Presbytery to the church as a parish, it being also alleged that the erection would darken the church; and interim interdict granted.
That the property could not be diverted from the use to which it was destined, viz. for behoof of the Gaelic population, to the purposes of a parochial school for the benefit of the general population of the limited district improperly assigned to the place of worship by the Presbytery, the more especially as the consent of the superior had not been obtained, whereby a forfeiture might be incurred; and
The Lord Ordinary having reported the bill with answers, granting interdict in the mean-time,
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