Ragsdall v. Church of Christ in Eldora

Defendant Schuler is the pastor and other defendants are the officers of defendant church. Plaintiffs were members of defendant church when defendant Schuler became pastor (March 1946) and until sometime in the fall of 1949 when their names were removed from the membership roll by vote of the membership.

■ In October 1949, purported amended Articles of Incorporation were filed which authorized adoption of by-laws and at about the same time by-laws were adopted under which the said removal of plaintiffs’ names was later accomplished and other changes were made which plaintiffs claim constituted…