Bear v. Heasley
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Allegan. (Loveridge, J., presiding.) Bill filed to determine the right to the possession of ■church property, and to enjoin the defendants from excluding complainants from the use and enjoyment thereof. Defendants appeal. Decree reversed, and bill dismissed. 'The-facts are stated in the opinions.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
Complainants claim in their bill that they constitute the legal board of trustees of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ at Salem; that the defendants, who are in possession of the house of worship and other church property, claim to be the legal trustees, and exclude them from the possession and use thereof; and'they pray that defendants may be enjoined from interfering with them in the possession, use, and enjoyment thereof.
Although the church originated nearly a centurjr and a half ago, it appears to have had no written confession of faith until 1815, when its general conference,…
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