Russian-Serbian Holy Trinity Orthodox Church v. Kulik

Peterson, Justice.

This action is brought in plaintiff’s name by a group who claim to befits trustees, elected on July 5, 1936, against their priest and another group who claim to be the trustees elected on August 9, 1936, to recover possession of the property of the church alleged to be in the possession of defendants and wrongfully withheld by them from plaintiff group. We shall not consider whether the action is properly brought in plaintiff’s name. Those bringing the action will be referred to as the plaintiff group.

Plaintiff urns organized in 1916 as an unincorporated Russian Orthodox…