Chase v. Cheney
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. John A. Jameson, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery, instituted in the court below, by Charles E. Cheney, against Samuel Chase and others, to enjoin the action of an ecclesiastical court, convened under the following circumstances: The Eev.
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Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. John A. Jameson, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery, instituted in the court below, by Charles E. Cheney, against Samuel Chase and others, to enjoin the action of an ecclesiastical court, convened under the following circumstances: The Eev. Charles Edward , a clergyman of the protestant episcopal church, and ¡rector of Christ church, in the city of Chicago, being charged ■^vith having committed certain offenses against the constitution and laws of the church, the following commission was issued by the Bishop of Illinois : “…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thornton
This is a bill to enjoin plaintiffs in error, as an ecclesiastical court, from proceeding Avith the trial of the defendant, for alleged offenses and misconduct, as a presbyter of the diocese of Illinois, and rector of Christ church, in the city of Chicago.
The injunction was originally granted, without notice; and a motion Avas then made to dissolve it, which, upon the hearing, on bill, answer, replication and affidavits, was overruled. The case is before us by Avrit of error.
The bill alleges the issuing of a commission, by the bishop of the diocese, appointing three persons as presenters; the…
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