MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action brought by the defendants in error to recover a chapel. They obtained a judgment which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands, and then was brought here by writ of error. The errors assigned are that the court denied the existence of a cofradia alleged by the answer to own the property, and held that it was not a "judicial entity," and that it was not entitled to possession...
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