Reformed Bethanien Church v. Ochsner

This litigation arose out of a schismVin a religious society. The defendunbs_Ai^_in--possession of Lot# 7, 8 and 9, Block 20, John D. Lawler’s Addition to Scotland, South Dakota, and of a church building and parsonage located thereon asjhe repre.s.ánfatiyÍs of the Evangelical and ReformedNIhurch,- a-general-fedemtea..-eac.lesiastical body. The plaintiffs seek to quiet title thereto in the Reformed Bethanien Church, alleged to be an independent local church.' The trial resulted in a judgment for’the_defSndnnts> and the plaintiffs have appealed.

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