Schweiker v. Husser
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry M. Shepard, Judge, presiding. This was a hill in chancery, brought by George Husser and others against William Schweiker and others, to restrain the defendants from interfering with complainant Husser, in acting as pastor of/fet.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry M. Shepard, Judge, presiding. This was a hill in chancery, brought by George Husser and others against William Schweiker and others, to restrain the defendants from interfering with complainant Husser, in acting as pastor of/fet. John’s Society\known as Noble Street Church, Chicago, of Evangelical Association of North America.^ The bill alleges that complainant Husser is the lawful pastor of the society; that defendant Schweiker is now acting as such…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bailey
The present suit grows out of the unfortunate controversy which, for the last three or four years, has divided the members of the Evangelical Association of North America into two contending factions. George Husser, one of the complainants, and William Schweiker, one of the defendants, are both itinerant preachers of the Evangelical Association, and both claim to have been regularly appointed-by the Illinois Annual Conference to the position of pastor of St. John’s Society, Chicago, one of the congregations belonging to the Association. Their appointments, as the evidence shows, were made at…
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